Disclaimer: If I promised to give them back, can I just borrow Leo, Chris, Wyatt, Cole, Coop, and Henry?

A/N: Chris and Meredith don't appear in this chapter, so if you know how this part goes, you can just skip it I guess.

Ch. 6:

Mordaunt blocked the Executioner's blows until he backhanded Mordaunt across the cheek, sending him to the floor.

Behind him, Piper ran one of the Executioners through with Excalibur. She pulled it out and the demon disappeared in a burst of fire and smoke. She smoothly got to her feet and swung Excalibur into the next demon, who also vanished.

The third Executioner Demon got to his feet and charged at Mordaunt while the Dark Knight attacked Piper. As they fought, Piper and Mordaunt changed places as if they had been doing this for years. Mordaunt locked swords with the Dark Knight and the Dark Knight grabbed Mordaunt's wrists in return.

"I thought we made a deal." He said quietly.

"I don't need you to get the sword anymore." Mordaunt whispered in return.

Behind them, Piper continued to fight the Executioner Demon.

"I've got her." He told the Dark Knight.

Mordaunt pushed the Dark Knight away and Piper twisted and took out both him and the Executioner Demon in one swing.

"Your assimilation is complete." Mordaunt told her. "You are now one with Excalibur."

"Now what?" Piper asked.

There was a flash of orbs and Paige and Phoebe appeared. Piper rounded on them and raised Excalibur in expectation of another attack.

"It's just us." Paige said quickly, raising her hand.

"He's not what you think he is." Phoebe told Piper.

"He tried to kill us." Paige added.

"He wants the sword." Phoebe told her.

"But the sword chose me." Piper replied.

"No, he's just using you." Paige told her. "He wants the power of the sword for himself."

"You're not meant to control the sword." Phoebe told her sister.

"But I do control it." Piper protested.

Mordaunt glanced at Piper before returning his gaze back to her sisters.

"And you don't think I can." Piper said with realization.

"Perhaps we should leave." Mordaunt suggested.

"Uh, Paige!" Phoebe said quickly. "Paige, Paige, Paige!"

"Excalibur!" Paige said, holding out her hand and calling for the sword.

Piper looked down at the sword as it began to orb away from her. She raised the sword and it solidified again.

"Don't do that again." Piper told her shocked sisters.

"It appears your Queen has spoken." Mordaunt told them.

A second later, he and Piper disappeared in a whirlwind of white smoke.

"Her Majesty has left the building." Phoebe said sarcastically.

"Or Her Madness." Paige replied.

Piper stood in front of a round table, a pentagram etched in it, dressed all in black with Excalibur laying in front of her. Around her was a cave with different colored banners hanging from the walls.

"Doesn't look like much of a kingdom." She said as Mordaunt came to stand behind her.

"This is just where it begins." He told her. "Where you form your inner circle."

"Let me guess." Piper said. "The Knights of the Round Table?"

Mordaunt stepped forward and rested his hands on her arms.

"The Knights of Your Round Table." He told her. "You're on a new path now, a new destiny."

"That's good 'cause I was getting a little bored of the old one." Piper replied.

"A world of adventure awaits you." Mordaunt told her. "Warfare, Conquest…Camelot."

"And what exactly is Camelot?" Piper asked.

He turned her around to look at him.

"Whatever you want it to be." He replied. "It's your kingdom to make."

"Could you be a little more specific?" Piper pushed.

"There will be no one above you, no one to challenge you." Mordaunt told her. "You will have free reign to reshape the way things are and to create a world of your dreams." He reached out and caressed her cheek. "All will bow down before you. All will serve your every desire."

"Including you?" Piper asked.

"Especially me, My Queen." He replied softly.

He leaned down and kissed her.

While Piper was distracted, Mordaunt reached for Excalibur. When the sword glowed and moved away from him, he broke the kiss.

"What is it?" Piper asked.

"Well, we must build your kingdom first." Mordaunt told her. "And to do that, we need to fill your round table with knights."

"Very well." Piper said, moving away. "I have a few ideas."

"No." Mordaunt interrupted. "Let me be your council. I know best who will serve you well, but they won't come easily. You must challenge them on fields of battle, force them to join you."

Mordaunt watched Piper enviously as she reached behind her and picked up Excalibur.

"I think I can do that." She said.

Leo stood staring at the stone as Paige scryed for Piper and Phoebe carried Wyatt into the room and put him in his playpen.

"Anything?" Leo asked Paige.

"Nope." She replied. "Can't find Piper anywhere."

"Well, keep looking." Leo replied. "She's bound to show up somewhere."

"Yeah?" Paige asked. "To do what?"

"I don't know." Leo admitted.

"I don't understand." Phoebe burst out. "If she wasn't supposed to pull the sword out of the stone, then why was she able to?"

"Because, according to the other Elders, she was only meant to pass it on to whomever was really meant for it." Leo told her.

"Okay, so she's not the new King Arthur, but she is the new Lady of the Lake?" Phoebe asked.

"Basically, yeah." Leo replied.

"Okay, so why is it turning her evil?" Paige asked.

"Because only the ultimate power on Earth can handle Excalibur." Leo answered. "That's why the Lady stayed in the lake, to insulate herself from the power of the sword."

"Okay, so we should find Piper and then drown her." Paige said sarcastically.

Leo glared at her.

"Oh, I'm just kidding, Leo." She told him.

"It's no joke." Leo said. "It's the only way to keep the power from consuming her, destroying her."

"Still, what does Mordaunt want with Piper?" Phoebe asked. "I mean, he's tricky, but he is hardly the ultimate power on Earth."

"But he could use Piper to become that power." Leo told them.

The scrying crystal interrupted them by crashing down onto the map. Paige looked down at the map before looking up at Leo.

"Guess who just surfaced." She said.

A dirty looking demon went flying and crashed into the ground. Piper stepped forward and pointed Excalibur at the demon's neck.

"Should I kill him?" Piper asked.

"You're the Queen." Mordaunt replied.

"I need one more knight to sit at my round table." Piper told the demon. "Care to join me?"

"Join you?" the demon asked. "Which side are you on?"

"All we're interested in is the greatest power." Mordaunt told him. "Become one of us."

"What he said." Piper said.

"What do I get out of it?" the demon asked.

"You?" Piper asked. "You get to live."

There was flash as Paige and Phoebe orbed in.

"Piper!" Paige yelled.

"I should have know it was a trap!" the demon said, preparing to run away.

"You, stay put." Piper ordered the demon before looking at her sisters. "You, I warned you."

"Sorry, your majesty." Phoebe told her.

She threw a vial at Piper, who raised Excalibur to deflect it. It exploded harmlessly and Phoebe motioned to Paige.

"Paige, now!" she said. "Orb her!"

Paige orbed away just as Piper threw Excalibur. The sword passed through the orbs and swooshed past Phoebe before embedding itself in an old heater.

Paige appeared behind Piper and grabbed her, but Piper just broke the hold and flipped Paige over her shoulder. Then she held out her hand and Excalibur flew back to her.

"Impressive, huh?" Mordaunt asked the demon. "Now, make your queen proud."

The demon smiled and shot bolts of electricity at both Paige and Phoebe, hitting them in the chest and sending them to the ground. As they hit the ground, their souls separated from their bodies.

"What just happened?" Paige asked.

"I don't know, but I don't think it's good." Phoebe replied.

They watched helplessly as Piper, Mordaunt, and the demon disappeared in a gust of wind.

Phoebe sighed as Paige looked around.

"Leo?"

A lightning bolt struck down as the demon joined the others already at the table.

"Welcome." Piper said as she walked towards the empty chair. "I assume you're all wondering why you've been gathered here, but don't worry. If I wanted to kill you, I would have done so already. You are the chose few who will help chart a new world order, united under me."

"Excuse me, your majesty." Mordaunt interrupted. "We're getting ahead of ourselves."

"Are we?" Piper asked.

"The small matter of the loyalty oath?" Mordaunt reminded her.

"Oh, yeah." Piper said, motioning for him to step forward. "That's right. Uh…administer that oath."

Mordaunt stepped in front of the empty chair.

"If you will all put your left hand…" he said as one demon growled. "Or claw, on one of the five points of the pentagram in front of you." Each demon did so and he began to chant. "Beraxi…Cotrah…Mierrahh!"

The pentagram began to glow and the power emanating from the pentagram struck out at each of the demons. As the light began to consume them, they began to shake.

"Supreme demonic powers," Mordaunt chanted, "leave your hosts and find a new home in this willing heart!"

Piper watched in confusion as the demons were totally consumed.

"What are you doing?" she demanded. "Stop!"

Mordaunt ignored her, his eyes shining as the power flowed from the lines of the pentagram and into him.

As the last demon's power flowed into him, Mordaunt sat back, panting.

"You vanquished all my knights." Piper accused as he grinned. "Why?"

Mordaunt raised his hand and Excalibur flew into it.

"Fulfilling my centuries-old quest to control Excalibur." He answered her, studying the sword in his hand.

"But it belongs to me." Piper protested.

"No, it doesn't." Mordaunt told her. "It never did."

He got to his feet and looked at her.

"But thanks to you and the combined powers of your knights, now it belongs to me." He continued. "I'm the Ultimate Power."

"I don't understand." Piper said.

"It's simply a transfer of power, that's all." Mordaunt explained. "And now, all that remains to do is to eliminate the true recipient of Excalibur before he grows old enough to fulfill his Destiny as the Son of a Charmed One."

"You can't hurt him." Piper told him. "He's protected."

"I couldn't before…" Mordaunt said, placing his hand on her shoulder, "but I can with this."

He ran Piper through with Excalibur. She gasped as he pulled the sword free and stared down at her.

A/N: So, I know Chris and Meredith weren't in this, but they'll be back next chapter where I'll begin to change things. Please still review. It feeds my ego. And God knows it needs the help.

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