Chapter 5: Forward March
"You four need to put on those pendents I gave you I know you don't want to but you have to." Chris said he had decided to gather his group in the sunroom so Ricky and Billy could work their magic on them. He knew they all hated having to dress up but they hadn't been left with much of a choice.
Prue made a face and then she frowned she wasn't happy about this but then again she wasn't happy about a lot of the things she had to do with her cousins. "Fine but I warn you if one of you boys makes one comment I don't like I won't be responsible for what I do to you." she said tempering her threat with a smile.
"I'm acknowledging that you're not happy about this Prue and taking it into consideration but for the love of God just do something we ask you for once in your life." Henry flared at his cousin taking a breath to calm his temper he was just a little on edge like he always was when they had to go after a demon.
"Wyatt, Chris if you want me to do what you ask I need you to tell your cousin that he needs to be nicer to me." Prue said stubbornly she refused to budge on the subject until they did what she wanted them to do. Over the years they had learned to give in when she got like that because she could out stubborn a Missouri mule.
Wyatt rolled his eyes and addressed Henry he knew that Chris wouldn't say anything to go against his boy but he also wouldn't take Henry's side over Prue's when they got into it over small stuff those three were the terrible trio while he and Jake were the dynamic duo out of the oldest five. "Henry I think that maybe you need to ask Ladybug to do what we want her to a little bit nicer and then maybe she will do it." Wyatt suggested and all their friends rolled their eyes the Halliwell cousins could be impossible when they wanted to be which was quite often.
Henry clenched his fists and set a stony expression on his face he was in no mood to have to cater to Prue. "Fine Prue I would be very delighted if you would please do what Chris asked you to do." he tried but he saw that she still had her arms crossed over her chest and she looked at him like she wanted to kill him. He sighed he didn't know how Chuck put up with her or how his father and uncles put up with his mother and aunts Halliwell women were a major pain in the ass. "And I offer you my sincere apology for being so rude to you a moment ago." he finished through gritted teeth. He was pissed and everyone knew it he was only that cordial when he got mad and was trying not to lose his temper.
Prue smirked at him just to see if she could make him break. "Thank you Henry you are forgiven I'll do what Chris asked me but next time try to be a little more sincere this time I'll let it slide." she said seeing him do a slow burn she could almost see the smoke coming out of his ears he was so pissed.
"Oh for Christ's sake Prue stop being so difficult all the time and just do it the sooner you do the sooner we can get this over with." Jake yelled out his sister's stubbornness was starting to get to him to for the life of him he couldn't understand why anyone would choose to fall in love with a Halliwell woman.
"Keep your panties on Cookie Dough I'm going to do it I was only giving Harry there a hard time." Prue replied calmly to her brother using the form of Henry's name she knew he hated with a passion.
Henry went red in the face from anger she was just toying with him now and it wasn't funny. "That is it Prue I have had it with you, you know I hate to be called that I'm not talking to you the rest of the day so don't even try to start with me." he raged feeling better to get that anger off his chest.
Liz rolled her eyes and stepped in they really didn't want the sisters to come in there and from all the yelling they were doing that was going to happen. "Ok now that you have successfully pushed all of Hank's buttons to make him break I think we should just put these damn things on." she said playing peace keeper. To show how willing she was to cooperate she slipped the pendent around her neck and she was automatically transformed into a valkyrie.
Instead of her sweeter, blue jeans, and sneakers she now had on a leather skirt that stopped way short of her knees , a leather bra of sorts with nothing to cover in between her belly button ring showing, and a pair of leather boots. Her golden blond hair fell down to about the middle of her back. "Well don't just stand there and stare you other four women best be working on this too and not one of you men better comment I shutter to think about how I look." Liz ordered Wyatt couldn't take his eyes off of her but he had to look away before he had a reaction to her looks that would be hard to hide no pun intended.
"Wow Lizzie you look incredible." Ricky said also not being able to keep his eyes to himself he knew that he shouldn't be looking his girlfriend was in the other room and more importantly her big brother was standing right there and could see his eyes bugging out of his head.
"Thank you sweety you're a good boy I think I might have to make them keep you around." Liz said giving him a smile that showed off her perfect teeth.
"Fine I'm doing this now but I don't have to be happy about it." Prue said and she put the pendant on the transformation for her was instant too. Her long brown hair was now flowing down her back in curls , she had on a black leather vest that stopped before the top half of her rib cage, and a matching black leather skit that stopped before her knees, black leather boots completed the outfit but she also had on a wrist band that could be used as a shield. "Now I hope you boys are very happy." she huffed the way she was dressed showed off the tattoo of the triquetra she had on her right shoulder blade so much for hiding that from Phoebe any longer.
"Very happy thank you Prue." Chris said giving his cousin a cheesy grin he didn't like it that she was dressed like that but he had no other choice in the matter.
Lilly went next she was left wearing a leather bikini top, and the same leather skirt as the other two, she got the boots too they stopped halfway up her calves. Her hair was pulled up into a pony tail showing off her high cheek bones. "I can only hope I don't look as ridiculous as I feel." she said in a slightly whiny tone.
"Oh no baby you look hot." Jake said wiggling his eyebrows up and down he was liking this look on her it was driving him wild.
Bianca was the next one to put the pendent on leaving her clad in a leather corset that stopped before her belly button showing off her well toned abs, she had on the same skirt as the other, and the same boots. Her birthmark was clearly visible, her raven hair flowed down her back and she had a leather band wrapped around her upper left arm. She looked down at herself and grunted "I swear for me not to be a demon I always end up looking like a demon when we have to do shit like this Jake and Chuck never look demonic and yet their half demon this is bullshit." she ranted she might have been a phoenix but that didn't make her a bad person.
"Babe you don't look demonic you look very pretty actually that was a lie you look smokin hot." Henry assured her he slipped his arm around her and leaned down to kiss her she kissed him back but there wasn't much passion it was just sweet and simple.
"What about you Calleigh ?" Prue asked and Calleigh tapped the pendent on her neck and she was back in the outfit she had been wearing earlier.
"Alright Ricardo now take care of us we were the gentlemen that Aunt Piper raised us to be and we let the girls go first." Chuck said to his little brother a look of apprehension on his face he wasn't so sure this would work.
Ricky put his right hand on his chin and began to think then he had an idea "Mel, Charlie I need you both to come in here for a minute." he called to his girlfriend and one of his best friends.
"What do you need Snuffy ?" Patty asked when her and Mel walked in the room.
"I have to project these guys into warriors and to do that I have to pull off their personalities. So I would like a little input on what you two think." Ricky explained.
"Start with Wyatt he should be one of the easier guys to deal with and before you open your mouth think about it for a second not many of us have a toy like his." Patty said raising an eyebrow at her boyfriend hoping he would get her meaning.
Ricky smiled he knew where she was going and he liked it. "That is because Wyatt is a knight in shining armor." he replied and Wyatt was changed into a knight complete with armor, a sword, and a shield. His powers worked like Billie's did but he had complete control over them all he had to do was think or say the words and he could transform the person into what he was talking about.
Wyatt moved his arms and legs around to get used to the weight of the armor. "Nice choice Ricky I like this maybe I could trade this sword for Excaliber though." he thought out loud he always thought of himself as a knight and he loved that sword.
Chris shook his head violently "No Wyatt we're not risking you losing that damn sword for this you never know when you're going to really need it." he denied his brother what he was asking for and Wyatt fixed a pout on his face but Chris wasn't having any of it he had meant what he said.
"Now do Ro he is easy too." Mel said her eyes lighting up like they did when she had an idea and she had one hell of an idea.
"Mel it is not that easy to think of something for Roman." Ricky protested but he began to grin when she whispered something in his ear so without saying a word he concentrated on turning his brother into what he was thinking about.
A moment later Roman was standing there in the clothing of a gladiator from ancient Rome he had the heavy plated armor with the skirt on , he held one of the helmets with the red broom like thing on top in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, on his feet were roman sandals that laced up his calf. "This is just great I get stuck wearing a skirt Mel I know this is your idea of some sick joke but I don't think it's funny." he protested against his girlfriend who laughed her ass off at him.
"Ro there is a very good reason your dressed like that take it up with mom if you like since she is the one who named you Roman and that was too good to pass up." Ricky said fighting off a case of the giggles himself.
"Now lets move on to Chuck because I have the perfect idea for him. Make him a bounty hunter from the old west they were supposed to be bad guys but they worked for good just like he does." Patty suggested and Chuck nodded his head enthusiastically he liked her idea. Ricky closed his eyes and concentrated on transforming his oldest brother.
A moment later Chuck was wearing a cowboy hat, a long over coat, a white button down shirt, black pants, and cowboy boots, he had a rifle in his hands and a six shooter on his hip. His normally clean shaven face was replaced with a thick full black beard that made his brown eyes stand out. "Charlie I think we need to keep you around you're the only one around here who seems to get me." he said admiring himself in the mirror.
"Chip I get you I just don't have the time to listen to your stupid shit all the time." Prue protested she loved him and talked like that about her. In all fairness he had said it about everyone but she took it to heart.
Chuck rolled his eyes but he turned to face her "Prue I didn't mean you and you know that you get me better than most people do." he replied kissing her she giggled because she wasn't used to him having a beard and it tickled when he kissed her.
"Billy I think we could do something similar for Hank is you want to give that a try." Ricky said his best friend had no where near as good a handle on his powers as he did and it was a crap shoot on whether he would be able to get it or not.
Billy shrugged "Sure I could always give it a whirl all I have to do for Hank is channel Wyatt Erp ." he said and for a change it worked.
Hank looked like someone right out of the 1800s the part in his dark hair was combed over to the left side, he was clad in a three piece suit complete with a tie, there was a sliver watch chain dangling from his vest pocket, a shiny silver star that bore the legend town marshal was pinned to his vest, he wore cowboy boots which was a standard fair for him anyway but these had spurs. A thick mustache replaced his usual goatee and he had a pistol on each of his sides. "This is really funny guys pick on the cop but I like it a lot." he said taking a step the spurs on his boots jingling.
Billy admired his handwork it was rare that his power of projection worked the way he wanted it to so he was very happy. "Good then I have an idea for Troy come here Indiana Jones." he was going on Troy being an explorer of sorts and Indiana Jones was a good role model for him.
Troy now had on a khaki shirt and pants with a leather belt around his waist, his pants were tucked into his boots and his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, on his head he wore a wide brimmed hat. On his belt he had a variety of instruments including a whip and a gun. He would have found this funny but after the whole tomb incident he was too hot on the idea. Liz covered her mouth with her hands and snorted in laughter. "You find this funny Lizzie ?" he asked staring her in the eyes but she didn't back down from him her brother didn't scare her.
"No," she replied trying to keep a straight face " I find this down right hilarious Troy they have you pegged and I must say after the whole tomb thing it fits." Liz busted into another giggling fit while Troy glared at her through narrowed eyes.
Ricky shook his head at the two siblings they fought almost as much as Prue and Jake did which reminded him he had to think of something for Jake and he thought he had just the thing. "Alright Coop it's your turn and bear in mind I had nothing else to work with when you see how you look but I tried my hardest." he closed his eyes while he worked his magic on Jake.
Jake was now wearing a soldier's uniform from the Civil War Era it was gray designating that he was a southern soldier. He had the gray hat perched on the back of his head, his uniform tunic had golden embroidery on the sleeves and the collar, his pants had a belt which held rounds for the rifle he held in his hands and a pistol. His feet were clad in boots and he had a thick beard. "Someone paid too much attention in history class this is smart and I like it I think you guys just might be well on your way to understanding Chuck and I." he commented smiling.
Wyatt had a confused look on his face it was time for him to have one of his blond moments that he was so fond of. "I'm glad everyone else gets this one of you can explain it to me." he said pinching the bridge of his nose.
"California was a northern state and Jake is wearing a rebel uniform therefore he is fighting against his fatherland much the same way he has to fight against the demonic powers he got from his father." Liz explained to her male best friend he was really a piece of work sometimes but she couldn't help but love him for it. Wyatt just nodded his head he didn't say anything else though he didn't want them to think he was stupid because he wasn't he was just slow sometimes.
"That just leaves us Chris and Parker what to do with the two of them ?" Mel said stroking her chin she was at a loss the others had been sorta easy they even came up with one for Jake surely they could handle Parker and Chris.
"Keeping with the movie theme we used for Hank and Troy I have something for Parker just keep in mind that I have seen one too many movies in my life something that my mother will tell you if you ask her." Billy replied he couldn't put this into words so he had to think about it like Ricky did but it worked for a change maybe he was getting better control of his powers.
Parker looked down at the way he was dressed he had no objections to raise he liked it. He was dressed in a pair of black pants, he had a white button up shirt with his sleeves rolled up, a leather band covered his right wrist, he had suspenders on his pants and a pistol jammed in his waist band. His pants were tucked into a pair of boots that came up to his calves. "Alright I like it but who the hell am I supposed to be ?" he asked confused.
Billy thought for a moment how he could put this so that Parker would guess it. " Let me put it to you this way Parker," he said after a moments thought "I am a stranger traveling from the east seeking that which is lost." he finished no one else seemed to have a clue what he was talking about but Parker's face lit up.
"I am a stranger traveling from the west it is I whom you seek." Parker replied grinning so that his dimples showed.
"That's great we have serious business and these two are talking movie quotes." Lilly said sighing she wanted to get to work and they wanted to talk about movies.
Henry sighed he knew what they were talking about but he wasn't going to get in the middle of this one. "Oh this one is good and it's fitting as hell I can't believe that Chris hasn't got this yet. This was one of his favorite movies as a kid for some strange reason like we didn't get enough odd in our lives growing up." he commented snorting.
Now Chris was racking his brain trying to think then his face lit up with a smile he knew the answer to this it should have come to him sooner. "Parker is Rick O'Connell from the mummy enough said it explains itself it shouldn't have taken me so long to get that. For some reason my brain isn't working." he said I can't imagine it has anything to do with a lack of sleep from these flashbacks.He thought to himself sarcastically.
"That is great and I'm glad you boys all have the same tastes in movies it makes me really very happy now we need to get a move on you still have to do something about Chris he is our damn general after all we can't leave him out of this." Prue said sarcastically rolling her brown eyes she made a face that made her look like Phoebe.
"Ok Prue hold on to your damn cookies I'll take care of it damn." Ricky said and he closed his eyes again so he could project on Chris. He had no idea Prue was so fucking demanding he didn't know how his brother put up with it.
Chris was now clad in a military uniform circa WWII he smiled when he saw what he was wearing. He had on an olive green uniform, his utility pants were tucked into his boots, he had a pistol on his belt that held many things he would need if he were fighting in the war, his flak jacket sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, he had a rifle slung over his shoulder, and the helmet on his head held the four stars of a general it was tilted to the right side. "Finally Ricky someone that recognizes my potential. But I must warn you that openly mocking Prue is not a good idea. But I have to admire your balls buddy if I were you I would run far away right now." he said smirking when he saw the fire in Prue's eyes like she was going to kill someone.
Calleigh shook her head she seriously couldn't for the life of her imagine how the Halliwells ever got anything done they fought over everything. "Thank you boys it was very sweet of you to help us out like this." she said sweetly and she kissed each boy on the cheek. Liz rolled her eyes she was making it very hard for her to dislike her but all she had to do was remember the way she and Wyatt looked at each other and that did it for her.
Ricky and Billy both blushed they weren't used to being thanked like that they normally just did things because the power houses had spoke and it wasn't a good idea to disobey them. Ricky cast a glance at Patty he wasn't sure how she felt about that but she was smiling at him she knew he had eyes for no woman but her.
"You're welcome it was our pleasure we would do it again in a heartbeat." Ricky said waving off her thanks.
"Really Calleigh don't thank them if you do then they will get used to being treated nice. They will be completely useless if that happens we rule them with an iron fist." Roman said but he winked at his little brother he was only joking they all were they would kill anyone who mistreated their younger siblings.
"Alright folks lets go get the stamp of approval from the Charmed Ones they will be pissed if we don't tell them we're going." Chris ordered the general persona taking over a little bit as he talked they had all their potions and spells and they were ready to rock and roll.
"Chrissy just because you're dressed like a general and come up with most of our plans doesn't mean you get to boss us around all the time." Jake said smirking he knew Chris would lay into him for calling him that.
"Cookie Dough for the last damn time you don't get to call me that until you learn to show some respect for my nicknames." Chris replied marching toward the living room leaving everyone else to scramble to follow him.
Andy orbed back into the living room "Ok big problem get Billie here you need all the help you can get the source sent a rage broker after us to break the power of three and end the power of twelve." he rushed out by way of greeting.
"Ok Andy don't have a heart attack on us we get it this is a huge problem and we have to be careful just don't stress out we have been doing this for awhile now we know what we're doing." Paige assured her brother-in-law who was about to stroke out on them.
"Huh I would have never guessed it was a rage broker they aren't very powerful I would have thought he would have brought back the demon of rage we are the world's most powerful witches here." Prue said the little problem she had with pride had not gone away with time she was still so full of herself.
"Prue please get your pride under control I'm not an empath and I can feel it all the way over here." Piper pleaded with her sister she had often thought that was part of what had gotten her killed she was too sure of herself.
"I agree with Piper, Prue tone it down I'm not even magical and I can feel it." Henry Sr joked Prue gave him a look that could kill.
"For those rage brokers don't to be very powerful they sure did a number on us we were horrible to each other and that is not even going into how we talked to the kids. If I were them I would hate us right about now." Phoebe said hoping to bring her sister down off her high horse.
Leo sighed he knew he was going to have to do something about Prue but now was not the time. "You guys need to play this one safe so do not I repeat do not go after the source that is not a good idea right now." he stressed he didn't want anything to happen to Paige and Piper right now he didn't want anything to happen to any of them really.
"Leo that was the farthest thing from my mind after I just found out about the little stunt Liz pulled I swear that girl knows better." Nicole assured him she was in no hurry to get herself killed.
Coop snorted "Sure Nicole I know all of you girls you are where those kids get it from if Leo hadn't told you not to go after the source that would have been the next suggestion to come out of Prue's mouth." he ranted just a little he only wanted his family to be safe and that included Halliwells and non Halliwells alike.
As if they needed anymore problems at that moment Grams appeared in the room with a smirk on her face. "I'm glad to see you all got this sorted out now I'm here to give my wise council to someone who will appreciate it. Patty, Victor, and Sam just were not listening to me." she said there was no doubt in anyone's mind where Prue got her lack of modesty from she was just like Grams.
Eva looked at the woman in disbelief "Patty, Sam, and Victor are in the same room I'm not so sure that is a good idea Grams." she commented everyone called Penny Grams. She grandmothered them whether they wanted her to or not.
"It's a horrible idea but my third oldest great-granddaughter isn't very bright sometimes she was the one who called Sam but Patty and Victor can't be left alone." Grams explained the reason for that whole mess.
"Hey wait a minute Grams Val was just trying to help." Phoebe protested the way she was talking about her little girl.
"I know darling but calling Sam wasn't the best idea she has ever had." Penny said not sounding one bit sorry for what she had said.
"True Val doesn't always think before she acts but I don't see where she had many other options." Prue defended her niece her and Grams came to odds very often.
A Prue/Grams rumble was stopped by the thirteen marching in the room in their costumes for lack of a better term. "This is a demon hunt not a halloween party I don't see why all of you are dressed up like it is." Grams accosted them she didn't know how they managed to function without her they should all be dead but somehow they managed to pull it together how she would never know.
"Grams please don't start my nerves can't take it right now it's the only plan we have I can't help it if you don't like it." Henry said not in the mood for her shit at that moment she was slowly driving him crazy he wondered what he was thinking when he had them summon her. Somehow this fell back on one of sister's as it being their fault he just didn't know how yet.
"Henry you're giving me lip again we've talked about this many times before." Grams warned him, he could be so damn infuriating at times.
"And you're being unreasonable again no scratch that still you would have to stop at some point." Henry replied crossing his arms over his chest she was pissing him off as usual.
Grams narrowed her eyes at him their fights were legendary in the Halliwell family and quite amusing to everyone else. While it had to be tiring for them. " I don't know why I expect anything else from you, you are Paige's son after all." she commented dryly.
Paige scoffed "Hey Grams I resent that I'm sitting right here." she protested but Penny ignored her.
Phoebe couldn't help it but she was overtaken by a case of the giggles. "Please tell me that Troy isn't dressed like Indiana Jones that is too funny." she laughed effectively defusing the looming situation.
"Totally fitting with him and his exploring ways." Nicole nodded her head at her son.
Liz rolled her eyes and groaned "Troy you conveniently forgot to tell me that mom was here I hate you so much right now damn it." she raged at her older brother they had both gotten looks from their mother and father Liz had her mom's hair color and her dad's eyes with Troy it was the opposite. But they had both gotten their mother's personality that was why they fought.
"It's good to see you too Lizzie you're in huge shit we'll talk about it later like right after I find out why you're dressed like that." Nicole replied fighting off laughter.
"Ok I have to ask what the hell are all you boys supposed to be dressed up as ?" Eva asked trying to contain her laugher but her son looked ridiculous.
"I'm a general from World War Two." Chris said just a little smugly.
"I would be a knight in shining armor at least that's what the ladies tell me." Wyatt said a smirk coming to his face. Liz rolled her eyes at him but he just grinned bigger.
"I don't want to talk about it my loving girlfriend Mel thought it would be funny to dress me up like this she has no room to say anything about anyone the way she is dressed right now." Ro ranted he was not happy.
"Oh son that was pretty damn clever I like the way she keeps you in line God knows I never could." Eva was laughing hysterically now.
"Wait a minute little Mel and Roman are an item ?" Nicole asked she couldn't see the Halliwell brothers standing for that.
"They are more than an item he has a toothbrush here." Leo said winking at Ro he was good for Mel.
"Anyway thanks to Charlie I'm a bounty hunter from the old west that explains all the guns I now know why Chris and Hank like them so much." Chuck said explaining his appearance.
Troy rolled his eyes at Chuck "Indiana Jones don't even ask Lizzie found it hilarious." he said sulking.
"Billy has apparently seen one too many movies I would be Rick O'Connell from the mummy." Parker explained he thought he had gotten a pretty good deal.
Henry picked up one his six shooters out of the holster and twirled it around " They were dogging on me being a cop again note the sweet mustache." he said nodding his head and winking.
"I am a rebel soldier ask Ricky to explain it to you later if you don't get it." Jake said he put his gun strap over his shoulder while he spoke.
"And we would be valkyries." Prue said twirling around being her usual self that they all knew and loved.
"Prudence Elizabeth Halliwell." Phoebe yelled out and then Prue realized what she had done.
"What mom ?" Prue asked knowing what she wanted.
"Don't you what mom me you know what I'm talking about. What the hell is that on your back ?" Phoebe asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Uh my tattoo I've had it since Chuck and I have been dating mom it's no big deal." Prue replied wincing a little when she saw the look her dad gave her. "Oh please at least I don't have Halliwell across my back like Wyatt does." she rolled her eyes she wasn't helping her case.
"Again Prue please stay on topic I want to get this done while I'm still in my twenties." Bianca said shaking her head.
"I agree with B you guys need to get going I realize everyone finds this funny but you have to get a move on." Grams ordered them.
Piper went to her two boys and hugged them "You two be careful and look out for each other. Chris you take care of Sir Lancelot there you know you have to save him from himself." she joked she couldn't help it.
"Please mom I have to take care of him or he will get shot with something." Wyatt rolled his eyes. "I love you mom I'll be careful."
"Same goes for me mom I love you too." Chris replied not being a smart ass.
"I love you boys too." Leo said he worried every time they went out.
"Love you too dad." they yelled back in unison.
"Henry Victor you keep that hero complex in check and watch your back." Henry Sr told his son.
"You know it dad I didn't get this far being stupid." Hank replied stroking his mustache.
"I love you Bubba, B don't let him do anything stupid." Paige said Bianca knew how to keep him in check.
"Love you too mom." Hank said kissing her cheek.
"Don't worry Aunt Paige I got him under control." Bianca assured her.
Phoebe had her arms thrown around her oldest two children and was hugging them close to her she kissed each of them on the cheek. "I love you babies be careful and take care of each other." she said she felt bad for the way she had talked to both of them earlier.
They both rolled their eyes at their mother she was too dramatic for her own good some times. "We love you too mom we'll be fine." they said in unison sharing a look that woman had more trouble than Piper did about letting her kids go.
"Ro, Lilly I don't think I have to tell either one of you to be careful after the last time. And Chuck I don't even have to tell you what your father will do to you if you let anything happen to yourself." Eva said to her two children and Chuck he might as well have been hers.
"We got it Aunt Eva I'll keep the two knuckle heads out of trouble like always." Chuck assured her as for the threat she had made about his dad he was going to kill him anyway he had done been hit with one energy ball that day.
Lilly rolled her eyes and Roman wasn't paying attention at all because as usual he was too busy looking at Mel who was leaning against the door frame. He walked over to her he knew that she got very worried anytime he went after a demon after what had happened to him. "I'll be careful I promise I always am. You have to promise me that you'll be careful I don't worry well." he said giving her a smile.
Mel looked at him from underneath her eyelashes and she smiled back at him "I am always careful but I love it that you're worried about me babe." she said and she kissed him.
"I'm your boyfriend it's my job to worry." He replied pulling away from her if he didn't they would still be there ten minutes later kissing.
Liz sighed and rolled her eyes it was about time for her to give the dating game another try these two were killing her with their cuteness. "Now if you two are quite done we have demons waiting on us." she said impatiently.
"Lizzie I know you recall what I said about you needing to get a man you would be so much less crabby." Troy commented smirking at his sister.
Liz glared at him like she wanted to kill him which she did but she couldn't the only thing saving him was the fact they needed him to face the source. Nicole saw that her children were about to get into it again. "Don't start you two you have a job to do and you can't focus when you're fighting each other. Now be careful and come back in one piece so I can have the pleasure of killing you both." she warned them causing both young adults to groan.
"Fine mom but when you make threats like that it makes me want to stay in Valhalla so don't be surprised if I don't come back." Liz said.
"We'll be careful we always are I'm in more danger from Lizzie hurting me than I am from any demons." Troy cracked hugging his mother.
Chris consulted his watch and got an impatient look on his face. "Alright people we need to get this show on the road here we're on a time table and we're about to be late." he barked out.
Hank grinned at his cousin he knew first hand how he could get we they were working on time constraints "Peanut is going to stroke out if you guys don't come on I've seen it ,it's not pretty to witness trust me." he said hoping to spur them into action.
"You two boys I have had it with you fine lets do this." Prue said she wanted to kill her two best friends right at the moment but they made it hard for her to stay mad at them.
Calleigh steeled her nerves for what they were about to do "We can do this now if you guys are ready." she said and when got a chorus of 'lets just do it." she touched the pendent on her neck and the portal opened they all stepped through it without a backwards glance it closed up after the last person had stepped through it.
No sooner had they left then Victor orbed into the room he had a black eye and there was a large spot of blood on the left chest portion of his shirt. He staggered around the room for a moment before he sat down on the floor to stop his head from reeling. "Jack, Al come in here for a minute guys." he called out before his world went black.
Ben was standing in front of a large cavern in the underworld his eyes were scanning the room there were about twenty demons standing there waiting for him to speak. This wasn't the best idea he had ever had and he knew it but he had to strike and strike fast he wanted to rid himself of the threat from those two half demons because if they fought on Gorgon's side he would fail he couldn't handle that.
His intense blue eyes bore a deep hatred for Gorgon and the Warren line. His handsome features were marred with a frown that had been present since his run in with Cole he couldn't believe that bastard had done that to him. The demons in front of him were assembled in front of him were dressed in all black and carried various weapons with them because sometimes energy balls and fire balls just didn't do the trick.
Part of him felt guilty for what he was about to do and once again he cursed his father to hell for loving his mother and he cursed his mother for being so good. He thought he had the problem with his conscience under control but every since the incident with the titan it had come back with a vengeance. He couldn't even plan to overthrow the source without that hanging over him and the more he thought about it the more pissed off he became with Cole.
Cole was supposed to be evil he was by far the greatest demon of his time and here he was working for good. It made Ben sick not only that but it made him want to kill him something he would do the moment he took over as source. What I don't understand is how my own.. No don't even think about that now you have a job to do and then just maybe you can think about that. He thought to himself shaking his head to rid himself of the thoughts he was having.
Ben pursed his lips together before he spoke. "The reason I called all of you here today is because you are some of the most lethal assassins I know and unlike a phoenix you can be trusted not to play both sides. The targets are those two half demon abominations we must purge ourselves of them. I know that I can count on you to do that. But it is a not a simple or easy task they are protected not only by the Charmed Ones but by the next generation as well." he explained and a cheer went up.
A demon stepped forward his brown hair stood up in spikes and he had a spiked collar around his neck. "Taking out those two should pose no problems just tell us when and where I'll put my best demons on it." he said.
Ben shook his head all lower level demons were all the same they thought they could be dealt with easily but it just wasn't that simple. That was why every demon that had went after the Charmed Ones hadn't lived to tell the tale. "No it won't be simple and I'll tell the truth a lot of you will not make it back because you will be killed. Don't underestimate them they are very capable. The key is to find their weakness and attack that. Now don't report back to me until you have finished the job. And I almost forgot if you have a chance to kill one of the Charmed Ones or another member of the next generation take it but the primary target is the half demons. You are all dismissed." he replied and all the other demons in the room shimmered out of sight.
Ben sank to the ground and put his head in his hands sighing he took his hood down there was no around who could see his face anyway. He sat like that awhile in deep thought if this didn't work he would have to seriously consider joining forces with Gorgon again and that was something that didn't sit well with him at all.
Victor sat up squinting his eyes against the harsh lighting in the room his vision was blurry and his head was killing him but other than that he felt perfect. "What the hell happened ?" he rasped out his throat was dry the mere act of speaking caused pain to shoot through his throat and to think he had his tonsils removed.
Patty held up a glass of water to his mouth looking at him with concern in her eyes "Don't try to talk yet just drink this." she told him and he took the glass from her hand he was more than capable of doing that himself he didn't need his aunt to baby him.
"You know she is only all worried about him like that because he is Henry's son if he were my kid she wouldn't half that worried." Carly commented from where she was leaning against the wall and Paige shot her daughter a glare. "Well it's true mom fine just look at me like that ugh I hate being the middle child no one listens to me." she rambled on.
"Carly please you, Chris, Jake, and Aunt Phoebe need to get over it no one thinks less of any of you because you were born in the middle. Honestly I swear you can't go five minutes without finding something to bitch about you're getting to be worse than Prue." Mel said rolling her eyes.
"Take that back Mel I am not as bad as Prue much less worse than her." Carly protested throwing her hands up everyone always picked on her.
Victor grabbed his forehead with his right hand "As much as listening to Aunt Mel and Aunt Carly fight always makes my day I would really like to know what the hell is going on if that's not too much trouble for anyone." he spit out sarcastically his was most definitely his father's son he had the head cocked to the side eyebrow raised look of annoyance that Henry did so well down too.
"That is what we would like to know too Vic you told us you were going to check something out not go get in a battle with a bunch of demons." Jack countered staring the younger man down.
"You two knew about this and let him go ?" Paige asked incredulously her voice raised several octaves. She didn't know that too people were capable of being as stupid as her youngest son and nephew were.
"Mom it's what he does and he is normally much better at it than this." Alan said calmly and then he turned to Victor "Next time dodge the energy ball stupid you know better than that I shutter to think what Paige would say if she had saw you when you came in here."
Victor did a full body shake just thinking about his older cousin who was the biggest pain in the ass he had ever met but he loved her for it. "Yeah I know she would have let me bleed to death but that still doesn't answer my question." he replied things were a little fuzzy for him after he orbed out of the underworld.
"You orbed in here with a black eye and a damn huge hole in your left shoulder from an energy ball and then you passed your ass out on us is what happened." Piper commented to her nephew who obviously hadn't been blessed with the brains his mother or father had.
"Oh yeah I got into a fight with three demons it was no big deal I've been through worse before Aunt Piper really. And as for that black eye I have gotten worse before from your oldest grandchild namely who is going to kill me when I get back for being gone so long." Victor answered her comment he really wasn't looking forward to facing Paige when he got back she would be all over his ass and there was nothing he could do about it.
"Did you even find out anything after you orbed your ass down there or are we still flying blind here ?" Penny asked him annoyed as hell that this was taking so long.
"Oh yeah if you guys have the potions and spells ready we can go anytime and we have to go fast some damn demon decided it would be a good idea to put a hit out on Uncle Jake and Uncle Chuck who are safe for now since they're gone but we have to get to them before they get back." Victor explained his mouth going two hundred miles a minute he rambled a lot when he got nervous he was without a doubt Paige's grandson.
"Why would a demon put a hit out on Jake and Chuck ?" Phoebe asked a worried expression on her face she worried more about her only boy than she did about any of her girls because he was always doing something to piss a demon off.
"This is Chuck and little Coop were talking about Pheebs they piss demons off on a daily basis don't worry the kids will take care of it and it will be fine." Coop said throwing a protective arm around his wife.
"What Uncle Coop said Aunt Phoebe we have this under control we'll get them and the guys will be safe until the next time they piss some demon off." Jack assured his aunt.
"So we ready to go or what ?" Val asked both her eyebrows raised and her shoulders shrugged.
Victor pulled himself up off the floor "I'm ready right now if everyone else is." he said crossing his arms over his chest.
"You and my brother need to learn this thing I like to call patience I swear I think I was the only one in this family born with it." Alan said shaking his head sadly he loved his brother and male cousins but they were impatient as hell and don't even get him started on the Halliwell women he could go on all day.
Victor scowled at him and flipped him off "I'm not that much like my dad thank you very much Al." he said only to have everyone else in the room bite back laughter and smirk at him.
"Yeah and Mel isn't like Aunt Piper either." Patty said rolling her eyes the sarcasm was evident in her voice.
"Hey I'm not exactly like my mom," Mel started weakly and Carly smirked at her "Carly if you don't stop smirking at me I will blow your half whitelighter ass up." she threatened.
"Mel give it up you are that much like you mother you always have been and you always will be and lets leave it at that." Henry Sr teased his niece who he was reasonably sure wouldn't kill him Prue on the other hand was a different matter.
Victor shook his head and let out a loud whistle "Ok people back on topic lets focus here we need to go." he yelled out not realizing how much he sounded like his mother.
"Keep your panties on Victor we're coming and I think I need to tell you that you sounded just like B when you said that." Emily teased him.
Victor groaned and dropped to his knees "Oh God no I'm starting to sound like my mother that is not a good thing it never is ." he wailed.
"This is just wonderful that is all I needed was another Henry on my hands one was more than enough to deal with and then he had to have a son that is a smaller version of him." Grams said rolling her eyes at the young man in the floor.
Derek came strolling into the living room mid rant and pulled Grams into a bone crushing hug "Grams I'm glad to see you I miss you when you're not around." He said spinning her around.
"Derek you need to stop sometimes you make me blush." Grams said smiling up at him.
"Grams, Uncle Derek you two really need to get a room," Carly began she couldn't help herself they had left themselves wide open to that comment so she took the opening. "Aunt Eva if I were you I would watch my man around her she was married five times." she finished.
Alan clamped his hand over his oldest sister's mouth before she had a chance to say anything that would get them all in trouble. "Carly just shut up sometimes," he told her not letting go "come on lets orb before motor mouth here gets us all grounded." he orbed out only to be followed by all the others seconds later.
"I swear that girl is going to be the death of me one day I honestly don't know where she gets it from." Paige sighed shaking her head sadly. Only to have everyone in the room look at her like she was crazy.
"Paige she gets it the same place that Val gets it from you hell even sweet innocent little Mel gets that from you." Phoebe said rolling her eyes at her little sister who always had her mind in the gutter.
Piper raised an eyebrow at them both "We're talking about the same girl who was just in here sitting on Roman's lap ? And who spends all her free time at his apartment ? Because that girl is anything but sweet and innocent. When Grams isn't right in the room I tell you what they did last weekend." Piper ranted and raved Mel wasn't as bad as say Carly was but she was getting there. The guy all got up and silently made their way out of the room there were just some things they didn't need to hear.
"Piper he has that effect on women I think Liz wasn't quite the little hellion she is today until after she dated Roman." Nicole informed them it was true after the two of them had dated Liz had gotten much worse with the stunts she pulled.
Piper smirked at her friend "Nicole something tells me you never walked down your hallway and could follow the trail of clothes back to her bedroom. I however got up in the middle of the night the other night because I heard a noise well needless to say there were clothes from the top of the stairs to her bedroom door. I shutter to think what I would have seen had a woke up five minutes sooner." She said shaking at the thought it was one thing to know her daughter had a sex life it was quite another to know about the details.
Eva grinned and shook her head "Hey now you two that is my son you're talking about Roman is a good boy sometimes and from what he told Emily I think that Mel was the one who came on to him Piper."
"There is not a doubt in my mind that is what happened Eva I'm a little shocked though that is more something that Carly, Val, or Prue would do that isn't a Mel thing." Piper agreed.
"I'm glad we must always pick on my girls they do enough on their own without us rehashing it." Phoebe said getting defensive but there was a smile on her face.
"I won't deny it Carly wrote the book on breaking the rules but she isn't as bad as Piper makes her sound." Paige protested that girl needed no one else to make her sound worse than she was.
"I think you all need to cut my wonderful nieces some slack they are good girls and when I say they I mostly mean Mel, Prue, and Patty the other three on the other hand are bad." Prue said laughing at the looks that crossed her sisters faces.
"Good then we'll start on your nephews they might be the most stubborn group of people I have ever laid eyes on." Phoebe replied to that statement.
"I'll agree with that about Wyatt and Jake but Peanut and Bubba are both reasonable." Piper defended them.
"That is because Wyatt and Jake have a lot of Prue and Phoebe in them Chris and Hank are me and you all the way Piper." Paige said grinning.
"Unless of course you throw Troy in with Hank and Chris in which case look out world." Nicole said those three boys had caused more trouble together than she cared to think about.
"True very true almost as bad as Wyatt, Chuck, and Jake those three get into demon trouble where as the others get into regular everyday trouble." Phoebe noted those boys pissed off more demons than she had the time to count.
Grams cleared her throat at this point people had no clue how to stay on topic. "Before you ladies get submerged in gossip hour I think you should take care of your demon. And look Andy just ran out of the room so you have no clue what your up against." she said bringing them back to reality.
"She's right if we're going to need help someone should call Billie so we can get this over with." Piper groaned hunting demons right now was not her idea of a good time.
A/N: This chapter raised a couple questions about Ben just how is he related to Cole being the main one that will be answered soon and we're going to see more Billie in the next chapter I feel like I've been neglecting her. So until next time please review.