Disclaimer: I don't own charmed…sadly
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"What about a truth spell?" asked Melinda as she and her brothers examined the chameleon demon that still refused to let out even a single syllable
"Nah won't work if he won't talk and besides truth spells are known to backfire" explained Wyatt
"Does the book say anything?" asked Chris as he went towards the pedestal on which the book was placed "Minor offensive powers, main power allows it shape shift into almost everything usually works for other higher level demons as spy's, practically extinct since 2014 were one of them had really bad luck in crossing mom" Chris read aloud
"So for who are you working for?" asked Wyatt as the demon simply sat down and ignored him
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The underworld
The source was angry more even he was in a rage that his subjects knew to recognize as lethal they almost felt sorry for the demon broker that had sold the chameleon into the source's service
Two guards hurried aside as they saw their master approaching, the source entered a large quarry an excavation site of sorts were it was discovered, the source's current interest an ancient seal of old times that laid buried for unknown centuries beneath rock and earth
"You asked for me my lord?" a demon with hooves asked the source only sent him a glare
"Ah the chameleon demon?" the broker inquired "Don't worry my lord he want talk, cut his tongue out" the broker explained as the source raised he's eyebrow slightly surprised at the broker
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In another part of the underworld the defeated she-demon rested next to the large throne her memories going through her head how she almost succeeded in creating a new source how she almost became the new source if it hadn't been for the charmed ones and their meddling.
Then however a slight chill passed over her rotting skin as she felt her powers slightly growing, someone was here she knew it, it had taken him some time she slightly opened her eyes and there he was, tall with dark hair and piercing blue eyes
"How did you hide from me?" he asked
She shifted in her small throne once more before answering "You don't get old as me and don't learn a couple of tricks, pull favors" she answered as the room filled itself with the corrosive air coming from her lungs
"Why?" was the only question he could form
He hadn't expected this more through coincidence then actual reason did he found out, they were supposed to be dead she and the baby
"Answer me seer!!" he asked more forcefully his voice echoing through the caverns
"Seer? Ah nobody called me that in decades…" she almost laughed, once she had been the most powerful of demonic seer's yet she didn't see her own destruction coming "…then again nobody had called you at all for decades hadn't they Balthazar?" she asked
"I'm no longer Balthazar my demon half was vanquished" he informed her
"Indeed it has but what has remained?" the Seer asked "Tell me is all what remains now Cole?"
Cole stare intensified "Tell him to stop"
"No"
"You tell him or I'm…"
"Do what? You are powerless to achieve anything stuck between realities what will you do Cole…" she taunted "Run to your witch?"
"Maybe I'll just do that"
"No you won't she has refused to listen to you decades ago Cole" she remarked as Cole turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared
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The Manor
Although it took them some time they had relocated the chameleon demon up to the attic and made sure that there weren't any other demonic intruders
"Ok so now what he isn't exactly talkative" said Chris
"I say we torture him" added Mel
"Nah he would probably faint and it would take hours before he be would awake again and that would last to long" countered Chris
"I agree with Chris…" began Wyatt as they could hear the sound of shimmering behind them
More on instinct then reason Chris spun around and blasted the incoming figure with an electrical bolt, the man fell automatically to the floor with a loud yelp
"Dave!!" yelled both Mel and Wyatt as they recognized the figure
Quickly all three of them rushed over to their fallen friend luckily Chris had only hit his shoulder and injured him "Nice to see you again too" he offered as Melinda healed him
"Sorry really I thought you were a demon" Chris defended himself
"Well technically I am" Dave agreed as Wyatt helped him of the floor
Of course Dave possessed some demonic heritage but was far away from demon as any Halliwell. He was part manticore; his father had rescued him from his demonic mother with the help of the charmed ones when he was and infant an event that Chris recalled more the vividly thanks to his new or rather old memories
"So you don't write, call or visit in ages and then you blast me with… what was that again?" he asked pretending to be offended
"Sorry new power" Chris apologized once more
"Oh a new power even" Dave added "What happened to will be amigos no matter what?"
Dave had often visited the charmed ones with his father and even went to magic school with their children in order to master his demonic powers before they mastered him and became especially close with Chris during the period and even received an enchanted ring, from Piper no less that allowed him to shimmer into the Manor past its barriers
"But that's not why I'm visiting" he continued "Why do I have to find out that Bianca and you are having twins from my whitelighter and not from you?"
"Well we've been quite busy… wait you're whitelighter how she knows that?" asked a baffled Chris as Wyatt nodded
"Looks like you're old man has been parading around "up there" with that info" explained Dave
"Typical dad" commented Mel as Dave turned around to thank her for the healing, however he was slightly baffled as he saw Melinda in his memory she was still that little girl with freckles and attitude now before him stood a young woman with a mini skirt red dyed hair
"What cat got your tongue?" Mel teased as Dave blinked
"Not that I won't to interrupt but we still have a demon to take care off" Wyatt pointed out
As the group turned around they saw that the demon held an energy ball in his hand
"What he still hasn't figured out that that won't help him?" Dave asked
"Nah he's probably just stupid" Chris pointed out, the chameleon however swallowed its own energy ball and exploded "Alright didn't see that one coming"
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"What about this one?" Ann asked as she raised a teddy bear with a pink ribbon
"We already have five of those" Bianca answered
She couldn't believe that Chris had actually talked her into baby shopping with Ann while he and his siblings were demon hunting
"What we need are cribs" said Bianca as she took out a list she and Chris had made
"That would be down the corridor" Said Ann as she added the small teddy in the shopping cart
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Los Angles
Leo orbed into his and Piper's apartment the sonogram in hand he had told the news to Manah and another couple of elders with whom he was on good terms, Piper would probably blow him up because he told them before her though
"Piper" he called odd she wasn't here
Leo entered the small kitchen that Piper insisted on having and their, he saw a small posted it on the fridge
Leo
Dan has rescheduled our dinner with him and Jacob from tomorrow night to this evening same place at eight p.m. weir something casual and try not be very late
Love Piper
Great it was two before eight, quickly took off the elder robes and grabbed some clothes from his drawer unluckily those clothes belonged to Piper, once he had put them back, after folding them a quirk he picked up from Piper, he took out his clothes got dressed, with a glance he looked at the clock 20:17 great Piper will be really pleased after this one once he checked that his wallet was in his pocket and that the sonogram was there too he orbed out
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San Francisco
"What are you doing?" asked Ann as she entered the guest room or the soon to be nursery where she found Dave and Chris trying to assemble something
"Were trying to assemble the crib's, I swear these things were invented by demons" Chris answered sarcastically
"Why didn't you ask Mel for help?" Ann inquired
In the Halliwell household it had become quite a running joke that between two boys and a girl it had been the girl that mastered the fine art of a handy man, Chris had inherited their mothers cooking skills making him an excellent chef, Wyatt was the one with the largest power department and a serious lack in practical skills while Mel was the one with the crack at the tools.
"Yeah well were seriously considering that" said Dave
"What about the whole we can make it on our own were buddies and that jazz?" asked Chris
"Yeah well that was before I realized that you had to be a rocket scientist just to read the instructions"
"What about the demon?" Ann asked
"He committed suicide"
"So what was he in the need of counseling?"
"To attack us here? Obviously" Chris replied with a shrug "Where's Bi?"
"She's ravaging the fridge" Ann informed "Where is my husband"
"With Mel in Magic School Aunt Paige called said it was urgent"
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Magic School
"So aunty what's up?" Melinda asked immediately
Paige lifted her head as she heard Melinda's cheerful voice and saw her niece enter her office followed by her nephew
"Hey guys you'll want to sit down" she told them
"Okay now I am worried" Wyatt spoke
"Mel you remember the pendent that you found?"
"The one that belonged to Rita" Mel frowned "Did finally figure out what it was?"
Paige gulped slightly "Yeah well we finally figured it out when one of our retired teacher's identified it, it's called a veno and it serves as a shield obscuring it's wearer with the aura of the creature that blood has been added to it"
"So Rita used some good being to disguise herself?" asked Mel
"Someone might be still held prisoner?" asked Wyatt while catching on more quickly then his younger sister
"No I've already asked Kyle to run some blood test's and to try to figure out to whom it belonged" Paige calmed them booth down
"And whose is it?" asked both
"Well Kyle narrowed it down to a family tree right here in San Francisco…"
"And?" both Mel and Wyatt were popping with excitement
"It's Halliwell" Paige said quietly "Its Halliwell blood"
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A/N: Yeah well the updates are going to be quite irregular until Christmas then I'll be able to update more regularly the next chapter will be in two weeks time more or less h