Disclaimer: I own nothing Charmed

I forgot to add this in the first chapter, might make this a little easier:

POWERS:

Chris: Orbing, telekinesis, electricity

Wyatt: Orbing, telekinesis, electro-wave(that thing he does in Imaginary Fiends)

Melinda: Molecular combustion, molecular stasis

Chapter 2

"Morning sleepy head" Mel said almost sing song as Chris came into the kitchen the next morning. He stared at his sister, he hated how perky she was in the mornings. Come to think of it, there were a lot of things about he hated about her. As response he just shot her a look saying 'it's too early for that kind of stuff'. She just tilted her head and smiled.

"So, got any plans for today?" she asked, brining down her level of chipper-ness.

"No. You?" Chris walked around her and grabbed himself a cup of coffee and sat on one of the bar stools, leaning on the counter.

"Actually, yes I do. I was going to go get lunch with Mindy. Do you want to come? I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you tagged along." She smiled slyly, the truth was that Mindy had a huge crush on Chris, and apparently Mel was the only person to have figured this out.

"And talk about shopping, makeup and boy bands? I'll pass" he said sarcastically. Melinda just shrugged and grabbed her purse off the couch,

"I'll call if I need anything" she added as she walked out the door.

She breathed in deeply as she walked onto the street. It was a beautiful day. The city was practically empty, and it was all Wyatt's fault. He had openly practiced magic in front of innocents, causing them to run for their lives, and leave only the witches, those who knew about the craft and those who were willing to stand their ground, behind. Although there had been enough people to continue to run businesses and keep the community alive, there were nowhere near as much as there had been before this whole mess.

"Well, well, well. The littlest Halliwell is all by herself? I thought for sure your big brother would be guarding you 24/7" a sly voice taunted. Melinda looked at the girl in front of her and shook her head with dismay.

"Layla, haven't you learned by now? I may be smaller than you, but I've got a hell of a lot more power than you" Mel asked impatiently. The last thing she had needed today was to run into Wyatt's personal assassin. The smirk on Layla's face dropped instantly into a scowl.

"Listen pipsqueak, I've got orders to kill you, so that's exactly what I'm going to do" she snarled. She quickly summoned an athame and hurled it straight at Melinda, who quickly froze it and knocked it to the ground.

"You're going to have to try a little bit harder" she said with disappointment in her voice. After the many years of fighting demons, Melinda had realized that it was extremely fun to make fun of the demon you're fighting, it makes the battle all the more enjoyable. Unless it's someone who could kill you off in a matter of seconds… then there is no taunting.

Layla scowled at her intensely before shimmering out. Mel quickly looked around her, knowing that she would have never given up that quickly. Just as she had predicted, Layla came up behind her and grabbed her. She was holding yet another athame and held it against Melinda's neck.

"I'll teach you to mess with me, witch" she said harshly before starting to cut her neck. She made an inch long slit before getting elbowed in the stomach and Mel broke free.

"Go to hell bitch!" Melinda yelled at her. She made several attempts to blow her up before Layla had gotten wise and retreated.

Mel placed her hand on the slit and winced.

"Chris!" she yelled out into the open. Her brother appeared in front of her in a mass of swirling blue orbs. He looked his sister over and noticed the cut.

"What the hell happened to you?" he asked.

"Layla" was all Mel offered up as an answer, "listen, can you orb me home? I need to get something on this" she said quickly. Chris nodded, took hold of her hand, and orbed her back to their apartment. When they arrived she went instantly to the small bathroom and looked at it in the mirror.

"Dammit" she muttered as she began to pull out various medicinal supplies. In a matter of minutes she had cleaned and bandaged the wound. She walked back into the main room and joined Chris.

"She's gonna be back and soon" she said bluntly. Her brother nodded,

"But this time we'll be more prepared." He said.

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