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Chapter Thirteen:
Chris, now back at P3, was finishing off his third cup of coffee. He regretted now drinking himself into a stupor the way he had. If he had simply set his mind to saving his cousin right after Wyatt had taken her, she may have already been rescued. It didn't matter now though, he had done what he did and now he just had to get himself alert enough to go and rescue her. He simply could not lose anyone else. Once he felt caffeinated enough he went to see how the others were coming along with the potions.
"How are things going?" He asked Brian "I think we are ready." The male witch answered. "It's going to be me, you, Leo, Sean, Bridget and Danielle that are going down there." "Okay. Let's do it then." Chris commented. The six of them were armed with as many potions and spells that they could carry. They knew it would be hard finding and saving Prue, but they were determined to do it.
Once down in the underworld, neither Chris or Leo could sense Prue's location. Nor Wyatt's for that matter. "I am not surprised." Brian offered, "he's probably blocked her signal, expecting we would come after her." "It looks like we are going to have to find ourselves some demons and convince them to tell us where Wyatt has been hanging around these days." Chris told the group. Whenever he was in the underworld, he could sense evil everywhere, all he needed now was to pick up on a stronger signal, one belonging to a demon higher up in Wyatt's hierarchy. After all lower level demons would not have any information of use.
He ended up not needing to locate any demons however at all as a whole group of Wyatt's closest servants just shimmered in. The demon Granchus spoke up from behind the group of witches. "He said we should expect you." The demon said coldly. Chris quickly reacted throwing the demon across the cave using his power. "Where does Wyatt have her?" he demanded. The demon was quite angered. "That is for me to know and you to never find out."
Bridget tried diligently to tap into the demon's mind to get Prue's location, but Granchus was a powerful demon, who was managing to block her power. She felt as if she was finally making some progress though, when the demon realizing what she was trying to do threw an energy ball her way, breaking her concentration. Luckily she managed to dive out of its way.
Chris very angered by the situation made a demand "I don't care what my brother does or doesn't want, we are going to find my cousin one way or another. So… why don't you make this easier on yourself and just tell us where she is." The demon was not impressed. "I was told just to deliver you the message, but if you witches push, we will have to defend ourselves." "You can try" Chris seethed before throwing a potion his way, causing the demon to be thrown on his ass, but not resulting in a vanquish.
With that, all the demons attacked, realizing that the band of witches were not just going to accept that there was no way they could save Prue. The witches were ready though, and seemed to be winning the battle. Brian used his power to blow up some demons, Leo struck several down with lightning bolts, while Bridget managed to use the demons' powers against them. Sean and Danielle were also pitching in, throwing potion after potion at the demons. Chris meanwhile continued to handle Granchus, the most powerful demon of the group. "Tell me where she is." he kept demanding, while he continued to use his powers as well as potions against the demon. Chris knew to vanquish Granchus, he would need a piece of his flesh, but that was not what he was after. Chris simply wanted to push the demon into revealing Prue's whereabouts. As the fight continued Granchus, however, just refused to give in.
Meanwhile Back in her cell, Prue had finally managed to stop crying. She was just numb from the pain and she had no more tears to cry. Now she was just lost, dejected staring at the wall, trying desperately to forget everything that had happened and that would happen. She couldn't face the guilt she felt. Going off on her own had resulted in Sean's death and her capture. A capture that would lead Chris right into Wyatt's trap. Not knowing what else to do she let her mind wander fantasizing about how things should have been.
She pictured herself as a care-free teenager, who's biggest problem was deciding what to wear to school in the morning. Her parents and her Aunts were still alive, and she and Sean were together and happy. In her fantasy Wyatt had never turned evil and she and him were still as close as they had once been. And then there was Chris. He was happy, going to college with none of the burdens holding him down the way they were in reality. "If only things were like that." She whispered to herself.
Prue was quickly jolted back to reality, when Wyatt orbed in to pay his cousin another visit. "I thought you like to know that my plan is coming along perfectly." he sarcastically informed her. "Your rescue squad is here in the underworld, but they are going to fail miserably. They just have no way to find you. And if I am lucky my demons should be able to at least pick some of them off. Given time they will give up, and eventually Chris will see that my way is the only way to save you." Prue refused to listen to a word he spoke. She simply forced herself to tune him out, trying desperately to stay in the dream world she had created for herself.
"Listen to me twit." Wyatt was irritated by the way she was managing to ignore every word he was saying. "I'm talking to you." Prue finally turned his way, tears welling up in her eyes once again. She did not even know that she had anymore tears left to cry and she tried desperately to hold them back but failed. She had not wanted to give him the satisfaction of seeing her this way, but all her strength was gone and she decided to speak up. "What happened to you Wy?" she managed to choke through her tears. "What happened to the cousin who was like my big brother. The boy who helped tuck me in at night, the boy who always made me feel like a little princess. How did he turn into what you are now. Tell me because I… I just don't understand."
She couldn't be sure she wasn't imagining it, but for a moment she thought she saw his eyes soften. If they had though it was only for a second before a cold, expressionless stare spread back across his face. "Things change." he told her. "I was weak, naïve back then. Now I know better." The next thing he said however told her that she had reached him on some level. "By the way, you probably want to know that your little boyfriend. He's not dead, Leo healed him." Those words filled Prue with hope, hope she had not felt for a long time. Not only was the boy she loved alive, but maybe deep down inside Wyatt, the cousin she knew and loved still lived too.
Her hope though did not last long. "Well he's alive for now." Wyatt teased regretting his moment of compassion, and pulling the rug out from under Prue's moment of optimism. "Like I said your rescue squad is here in the underworld. Just how long do you think your powerless boyfriend will last against some of my better demons." he continued, now fully suppressing whatever she had just awakened in him.
"Longer than you think." she shot back hoping to convince herself as well as Wyatt. "And what's more" she added. "Even if you get Chris to trade himself for me, it won't matter. He will never join you. It will only show him just how horrible you have become. You will not be able to keep him here forever. We'll find a way to stop you." Once again she was trying to make herself believe what she was saying. "Dream on" Wyatt cracked before orbing out, leaving Prue alone once again. Now though she had something to hope for. Sean was still alive and even if he, Chris, and all her friends were under attack, they would make it through. "Yes." she told herself. "They will make it."
She was right too. Back at the other side of the underworld, the band of witches had managed to vanquish many of there attackers, causing many of the demons to shimmer out. For the most part they were unscathed, but they were no where closer to finding Prue. Granchus however made one last remark before shimmering out. "Remember when the source wants you to know where the girl is you will know." The small group were once again standing alone in that particular part of the underworld, not sure what to do next.
Then Chris' senses hit him. Some time while he had been fighting Granchus he had felt his brother orb above ground. "Wyatt's back up there." he told the group, "and I am going to make him tell me where Prue is." With that he orbed out determined to confront his brother.