Chapter 10

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Xander groaned as he slowly opened his eyes. God did anyone get the license plate of the car that just ran me over he thought to himself.

He was trying to remember what he was doing before he was knocked out. Ok think Xander what were you doing before now what's the last thing you can remember.

Thinking back the last thing he could remember was getting rid of some Dracul demons that were holed up in an abandoned house. Draculs were tough little bastards their hide was scaled and almost as magic resistant as dragon hide and nearly as hard to cut. Unfortunately for them their only attack was breathing fire which thanks to his powers was kind of pathetic. It was pretty easy to get in. the windows were boarded up and the back door was blocked by some boxes and other garbage. Before the raid Sandra had him examine his Book of Shadows for any information on Dracul demons. According to the book Dracul demons drew their fire power from the sun and are said to be bastard children of a dragon and a demonness. There wasn't a spell or potion to vanquish the demons since no Aiken witch had come across them before so Sandra and Xander were forced to resort to brute force and magic both of which are extremely ineffective against Draculs. Since Draculs were weakest at night and Sandra and Xander would be better hidden in the shadows they attacked at night. Xander broke down the door by lobbing a condensed fireball at it blowing it off its hinges. Xander and Sandra knew that the demons were stronger than them and tougher so Xander got a chance to write his first spell to give them an advantage so while Sandra charged forward to confront the demons Xander started chanting.

For those whose senses can't be beat
Fill their noses with the smell of rotten meat
Fill their ears with a constant ring
And blind their eyes with white lightning

Ok so it wasn't the best spell but it had an obvious effect on the Draculs. When Xander put in that part about lightning he just couldn't think of anything else that was bright enough to blind something he never expected for lightning to actually form in midair and strike each Dracul in the eyes. Turns out their eyes aren't as magic resistant as the rest of them. With the Draculs effectively blinded and with their nose full of the smell of rotten meat and a constant ringing in their ears Xander and Sandra were effectively invisible to them. Of course it wasn't as simple as that. Since the Draculs were completely blind they started flailing wildly hoping to his something while a couple of them started breathing fire towards Sandra. Xander stepped up and beat back their fire with a fire stream from his own hands. While Xander was battling three of the Draculs fire breath Sandra was able to sneak up on the other four and stab them in the brain through their already damaged eye killing them instantly. Once she was done she was able to sneak up on one of the Draculs fighting Xander and snap its neck giving Xander enough leeway to fight back the fire breath and overwhelm the last Draculs bathing them in his fire. Seeing that he had them covered in his flames Xander turned up the heat and cooked them to a crisp. Once he was done the smell was horrible but they had a job to do so Xander and Sandra split up to search the rooms to make sure all of the Dracul were dead and they didn't have any hostages or late night snacks stashed away.

Once all the rooms were cleared Xander and Sandra met back up in the living room were Xander took a much needed breather while Sandra cleaned her daggers off. Using that much fire for that long took a lot out of Xander especially since he had just cast a spell and has only recently learned to use his powers this goes a long was with explaining why when Sandra was knocked into the other room that Xander didn't react as quickly as he should have been able to. Before he knew it a big demon who reminded him of a Minotaur grabbed him by the throat and started strangling him. The demon had the lower body of a bull with an upper body of a really muscled man with two horns looping off at the sides of his head wearing only a loincloth. The demon was big and strong and despite Xander's best efforts he couldn't call forth his fire he was literally tapped out of power.

"Now now Jorka we need him alive just knock him out for now," a voice called from the shadows.

The last thing Xander saw before his head painfully collided with the floor was a strangely dressed man. The man or demon had stepped out of the shadows and looked strangely normal except for his dress. He had hair down to his shoulders with lots of gray in it giving it the salt and pepper look. His face was lined with wrinkles signifying his age, but by far the weirdest thing was that he was wearing an honest to god robe. Seriously it was like the guy had stepped out of a Harry Potter book. It was gray with weird geometric designs and looked like it was alive. It actually looked like it was made out of solid smoke this same material covered his eyes giving the appearance that he was blind.

So I've been kidnapped well that sucks Xander thought to himself. Well might as well look around.

Looking up from his spot on the floor Xander noticed the walls were made of rock and the floor was dirt. Moving his arms a little proved that they were chained above his head. Looking around the actual room he was in Xander saw another body. It was too dark to make out any features but it looked like it had some curves so he assumed it was a woman. Judging by the way her arms were held above her head made Xander think she was a prisoner just like him. Taking his eyes off the woman he looked around the room some more. It was dark so he couldn't see much but what he could made him think he was in a manmade cave. The walls looked carved and were to smooth to be natural. To Xander's left and the woman's right there was an old looking wooden door with only a small window in the top covered with bars.

So judging from my surrounding and who I think abducted me I'm in the underworld held captive with another prisoner. Great just great how do you get yourself into these messes Xander thought to himself.

Ok Xander now time to figure out why they grabbed you and didn't kill you. Ok you're a witch so they could want your powers. Xander immediately through that idea out if it was true then they could have just stabbed him with an athame and absorbed his powers from that.

Ok so power theft is out how about ransom. He thought about it for a minute but couldn't think of anyone that they could ransom him too. If he was still in Sunnydale he would assume it was to get to buffy but she made it perfectly clear what she thought of him. They only person he knows in San Francisco were Sandra and she couldn't pay for his release. She could try to save him but the Elders would be hard pressed to give anything to demons for one witch.

So ransom was out what did that leave?

It was at that time that Xander heard a groan from across from him. He looked up and saw that the body of the woman was moving she was apparently waking up. When she was finally fully awake and had enough time to get her bearing he spoke up.

"Hi how's it going" he said with a dorky smile that she probably couldn't see.

She looked up and you could almost feel the glare she was giving him. "How do you think it's going? I was jumped by some demons on my way home only to wake up hear chained to a wall with my powers somehow blocked," she ranted.

"Whoa no need to get snarky I was just trying to lighten the mood, but now that you mention it I can't feel my powers either," Xander said.

The woman took a deep breath then apologized; "I'm sorry it's just uuhg" she trailed off.

Xander gave her another goofy grin which she still couldn't see and asked, "So is this your first kidnapping? Oh by the way the names Xander."

The woman snorted "Now this is sad most people would find that question weird but not me unfortunately no this is not my first kidnapping. You? Oh I'm Paige by the way."

"Well it is a pleasure to meet you Paige but yes this is my first. I had some friends who've been kidnapped but I've never been the actual kidnappy before. Any idea what they want cause I'm drawing a blank," Xander asked.

Paige let out a sigh before she replied "If it was just me I would think that they were trying to get to my sisters but with you here it could be a couple of reasons."

"So your sisters are witches too," Xander asked?

"My two sisters and I are what is known as The Charmed Ones. We are said to be the strongest magical coven in the world and so we get into these kinds of situations all the time."

"Cool Sandra mentioned you guys from time to time it's kind of cool to actually meet a Charmed One in person though I wish it was under better circumstances."

"Who's Sandra your girlfriend," Paige said wiggling her eyebrows which he couldn't see.

Xander started spluttering, "What of course not if anything she's more of a mother or an annoying older sister to me. No she's my Whitelighter."

"As fun as this chat has been we should probably try to get out of here," Paige said.

"Well what do you suggest our powers are somehow blocked were in the underworld were our Whitelighters can't hear our calls and we have no idea why or who abducted us," Xander replied.

"Uh your right you know maybe just our active powers are block we might be able to write a spell to get us out of these chains. It's either the chains that are blocking our powers or the cell we're in," Paige said.

Xander looked around the cell one more time and then up at the chains around his wrists. "You know I think it's the chains," he finally said.

"What makes you say that?"

"Well from what I can see of the room there is nothing magical about it. Sue it was man or demon made but there are no runes or crystals nothing that looks like it can form a barrier strong enough to bind a witch's active power especially a charmed one. The chains on the other hand have tiny runes carved into them. I can't really make them out and even if I could I wouldn't be able to tell you what they are but they're definitely magical," Xander explained while still trying to get a better look at the runes.

Sure enough as Paige looked closer at her own chains she could see some runes winding around the cuffs and up into the actual chain.

"Xander you're probably right about the chains so do you have any ideas about a spell to get us out of here," she asked?

"Hey I've only been an active witch for a few weeks I've only had time to write one spell. I mean sure the spell worked but it took me two hours to come up with that especially since Sandra wouldn't help me saying 'all good witches should learn to write their own spells'," Xander finished his rant with a mocking impression of Sandra's voice.

Paige was shocked this boy or man had only been a witch for a couple of weeks yet he was handling his first kidnapping like a pro. It took her almost a year to gain the kind of calm that she had now and this man was acting like this was a Sunday morning stroll through the park. She shook her head to gain more focus and started a chant off of the top of her head

Chains that hold our powers back
Start to shiver and start to crack

At this point Xander got a burst of inspiration and joined in.

Release us now from your evil grasp
And become nothing but a memory from our past

Surprisingly the spell worked and the chains started to glow blue then white and cracks started to form all around it until with a final shudder the chains disintegrated into dust. Both Xander and Paige looked at each other with wide eyes neither of them expected that to actually work.

"Thanks for the assist Xander but now I think it's time to get out of here," with that Paige grabbed his hand and orbed out just as the door to their cell opened.

The grey robed man arrived at his prisoners' cell just in time to see them orb away.

"Damn it," he said before storming off yelling for Jorka.

Chapter 11

The sun was shining, birds were singing, cars on the street were honking, and Sandra was waving her hand to find her alarm clock. 'Where is that damn clock it's too early to wake up with a headache like this' she thought.

'Wait' Sandra shot up from her position on a collapsed sofa that broke her fall when that demon backhanded her. She almost immediately regretted it when her headache hit her full force. As she held her head and waited for her headache to fade she tried to think back to the last thing she remembers.

'Ok you and Alex just finished killing all of the Dracul demons and you were cleaning off your daggers then…. nothing just pain and then waking up here.' 'Ok so from past experiences I was knocked out and Alex was tired from all of the magic he performed so he was either captured or killed' at this point Sandra started panicking. Luckily for her she's dealt with similar situations before and was able to calm down and focus.

When Sandra was finally calm she got up slowly so as not to flare up her headache again and started checking the rooms for a body.

'Ok nobody in the house so they didn't kill him here and there wasn't any blood so they must have just knocked him out like me' she thought to herself. 'Ok Sandra there are a couple or reasons they would take Xander A) they found out he was a White Knight and want to corrupt him, B) they want to use him in a ritual, or C)he's bait for something.'

Sandra had already tried sensing him and all she came up with was he was either dead or in the underworld, so with nothing she could do here she left to inform the Elders.

Sandra was in the heavenly realm of the Elders and was currently looking for Elder Odin or Elder Zola.

'Why do all of the Elders and Whithelighters have to wear these stupid robes it makes finding a specific person a pain in the butt' she thought to herself.

"Sandra my dear what brings you here," Zola said from right behind her. This caused Sandra to jump and spin around almost immediately however she regretted it as her headache came back with a vengeance.

Seeing one of his favorite Whitelighters bend over clutching her head was enough to inform Zola that something was wrong so even as he reached down towards Sandra with his hands glowing gold with his healing powers his mind was going over the implications of Sandra coming to the upper realms looking like she just came out of a fight with an obvious migraine. Unfortunately none of the scenarios were good ones.

When Zola was done healing her Sandra looked up at him with tears in her eyes refusing to fall. "Elder Zola I lost him I lost Alexander," she almost sobbed.

"Shh my child tell me exactly what happened and we will work out a plan just let me grab Elder Odin," Zola said, and with a slight grimace Sandra agreed.

A few minutes later Zola had found Odin and they were both waiting to be informed on what happened, so she told them everything from their planning on how to exterminate the Dracul demons to Xander's first successful spell and even the details about what was in the house. When she got to when she was knocked out and woke up she was finally interrupted by Odin.

"Did you see anything of the demon that knocked you out anything at all," he asked?

"No I was facing Alex cleaning my daggers and then slamming into a wall and then nothing. I couldn't find any traces or clues after I woke up either," Sandra replied with a sigh.

"Well I think it is safe to say he is in the underworld as he has not passed through the heavenly planes, and he is more than likely alive unless they have trapped his soul which is unlikely," Zola through in.

Sandra felt something loosen in her chest that she didn't even know was tight. She had grown attached to Alexander and treated him like an annoying brother at times and a son at others. She shouldn't be getting so attached but it was almost impossible not to like Alex.

She finally looked up at the other Elders faces with a stony look and asked, "What do I need to do?"

Odin looked at Zola before responding, "Earlier we got word that one of the Charmed Ones was abducted coming home from work while this isn't too unusual for them to be abducted around the same time as your charge is more than likely a mere coincidence."

At this point Zola took over the conversation, "Your best bet to save young Alexander is to work with the Charmed Ones and their Whitelighter Leo." Sandra nodded before orbing out.

Now most Whitelighters wouldn't think twice before orbing directly into the house but Sandra was a past Slayer and knows that in these intense situations it was always kill first ask questions later, and even though she could only permanently die from a Darklighters arrows dieing still hurt. So Sandra orbed to the front door and rang the doorbell. After waiting only a few minutes a harried looking Phoebe Halliwell answered the door.

"Yes can I help you," she said.

Sandra smiled at her before saying, "I certainly hope so my charge was kidnapped and the Elders seem to think that it is related to your sisters own kidnapping." When what she said finally sunk in Phoebe let out a sigh of either relief or frustration and motioned for Sandra to come inside.

"Piper Leo we have a guest," she yelled upstairs. "Phoebe who is it we don't have time for visitors at a time like this," Piper said as she came down with Leo.

"Sandra," Leo called when he finally noticed me. I nodded and responded with a simple "Leo" in return.

Phoebe looked back in forth between the two before she said, "So I guess you know each other." "Sandra is a fellow Whitelighter but what are you doing here," he asked Sandra? "Can we sit down it's been a long morning?"

"Sure I'll get you some coffee," Piper said. When she finally returned with the coffee Sandra started her story from the beginning starting with how she was assigned as Alex's Whitelighter and finishing with their fight with the Dracul Demons. On hearing about the demons Phoebe looked over at Piper and mouthed book and when Piper nodded they went back to listening to the story both knew that they would be researching those demons for later reference.

"So after I searched around the building and couldn't find Alex I went and informed the Elders who told me that you might be able to help since they seem to think that the two abductions are related," Sandra finally finished her tale and looked up from her empty coffee mug.

Phoebe gave her a faint smile, "Don't worry even if the two aren't related we'll help you find your charge."

"Well let's get back to the Book of Shadows Paige was able to call for Leo before she was taken and he got a good look at one of the demons," Piper said. With that the group trooped upstairs to find some sort of clue on why both Xander and Paige were abducted and who did it.

An hour later Leo had finally found the demons that he saw. According to the book the demon was called A Vitaur a cousin to the Minotaur instead of a body of a man and head of a bull the Vitaur have the legs of a bull body and head of a man with two curved horns. They are a warrior race who fights with weapons or bare hand. They have no form of fire or energy balls just extreme physical strength. They are a herd like race staying together in groups ruled by a single chief who obtains his position by killing the former chief. There isn't a vanquishing potion or a spell as no Halliwell has ever faced Vitaur demons in battle. They are generally used as grunts or for manual labor in the underworld so another upper level demon was more than likely pulling the strings.

"Ok so we know what were up against except for the unknown upper level demon so Phoebe start working on a general vanquishing spell for these Vitaur demons while Leo and I work on some potions Sandra could you help Phoebe?" At Sandra's nod Piper left with Leo for the kitchen.

A couple of hours later they were all ready. Phoebe had written a couple of different vanquishing spells and a generic power of three spell in case the others don't work while Piper had a whole rack of their strongest vanquishing potions and an incomplete vanquishing potion for an upper level demon all it was missing was some skin.

They had gathered around the book and were about to read a reverse to call a lost witch spell which should take them to were Paige and Xander were kept when they were interrupted by some orbs in the middle of the attic. When the orbs finally condensed one of the figures was clearly Paige Halliwell who was grinning down at the other person who had fallen to the floor.

"Give a guy a little warning next time will you," said the unmistakable voice of Xander Harris.

"Oh I'm so sorry was that a little inconsiderate of me," Paige said with a smile on her face and mocking tone in her voice.

"I think I hate you," Xander replied with a glare but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes as well. He looked up when he heard a cry of Alex and was then tackled by Sandra.

"Hey their Sandy did ya miss little ole me," he said with a lopsided grin. Sandra let out a growl before socking him. "Don't you ever do something as irresponsible as getting kidnapped again do you hear me? Do you know how worried I was? And how many times do I have to tell you not to call me Sandy," Sandra finally finished her rant before hugging Xander again. "So I take it you missed me," He said while rubbing his sore cheek. "Yes you idiot I missed you," she replied.

The sisters and Leo just sat back and watched the reunion of Whitelighter and charge but in all honesty it looked like a reunion between family members.

"So Paige how did you two get away," Phoebe asked.

Paige gave her a faint smile before responding, "Actually Xander over their helped out a lot. He's the one who noticed the chains that held us were charmed and helped me with a spell to break out of them."

"Wait Xander I thought his name was Alex," Piper asked?

At this point Xander got up from his spot on the floor before scratching the back of his head and said, "My full name is Alexander but I didn't like it too much and my best friend couldn't say it easily so she shortened it to Xander and it stuck but someone over here doesn't like it and insists on calling me Alex."

Sandra stuck her nose slightly in the air before responding, "Xander is a childish nickname and you are a grown man I won't call you anything else just be glad I don't go around calling you Alexander because you're right it is a mouthful."

Xander had spent enough time around slayers and Queen C to know when he should just give up. Sometimes he thinks that part of being a slayer is pigheadedness but he would never ask Sandra or Buffy they would most likely kill him.

To change the subject Leo asked Paige if she knew who had abducted them.

"I never got a look at them all I saw were those Minotaur looking guys and then I woke up in a cell with Xander," she said.

Sandra looked at Xander and asked him the same question.

"Before I fell unconscious I say a normal looking man dressed in gray robes that looked like they were made of smoke and had swirling geometric symbols on it. Oh and I think the guy might be blind cause he had some of the same cloth covering his eyes."

"Ok Xander you look in the Book of Shadows and see if you can find this demon you saw Paige you and Sandra set up some crystals for a defense or warning system I don't care just give us some kind of warning in case the guy that kidnapped you comes looking," Piper was in full general mode issuing the orders.

"Aye aye captain," was all Xander said before Leo showed him to the book while Paige and Sandra went to pick up the crystals. Piper and Phoebe were almost at the door to the attic when it exploded sending both of them flying across the room.

Two Vitaur demons stormed in both carrying massive battle axes and were follows by the grey robed guy.

"Ah so this is where you two ran off to well that was a very naughty thing to do we can't have my sacrifices running away now can we," was all the guy said before the battle started.

AUTHORS NOTE: You know whenever I read a fanfic and it ends with a cliffhanger I would always get so mad but now I know why they do it. For one it's fun to do and two it builds suspense so you my wonderful readers will have to read the next chapter when it's posted. So I hope you all enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review and tell me what you think good or bad all criticism is welcome.