Author's notes: Terribly sorry for the long delay, but I truly lost all inspiration for this story. I know how I want to end it, but I don't know how to reach that.
One, I don't want to ruin the story by rushing it, so I am taking it slow (yes I know, this is way too slow but bear with me).
Two, this story is written in script format and I have been engulfed in writing other stories that just happen to be in normal story formats, so writing in script format is proving to be quiet a difficult task; however, I can't just switch now.
Three, I have been in a 'dark' mood for a while, so my attempt at writing for this story before now ended up with me killing everyone, which would be a really bad end… or not, depends on how you like endings, but it wasn't good for this story.
Well, enough of my excuses, you probably just want to read the chapter :) Thanks for everyone still reading the story and whoever reviewed. I really appreciate it.
Disclaimer: If I owned Charmed, I wouldn't have this serious case of writer's block… I think.
P.S. Words in italics are either thoughts, dreams, telepathy or premonition.
Previously:
Jo: Yeah, anyone who knows who I am will be able to see the real me instead of the glamour.
Prue: My time on earth ended about 6 years ago. My place is up there.
Jo (thinking): Don't be so sure about that!
Henry: What changed is I am getting sick of this? I accepted you as who you are because I loved you, I thought that because we loved each other nothing else mattered... I thought the whole magic thing won't affect me... affect us. But it is, sometimes love isn't enough and I am wondering if I made the right decision after all; if I made the right decision choosing to accept you as a witch, if I made the right decision marrying you, and above all if I made the right decision having a baby with you. This how I feel, I am sorry!
Paige: I dunno but he's definitely not possessed because one second he was apologizing for not turning off the alarm properly and the next he was questioning our marriage.
Jo: No, I mean we had arguments about magic but I never heard him say that before.
Jo: You having memory problems?
Henry: I don't know if you could call it that, it just seems that the things I remember are in different order, as if my priorities changed. Today I have been doing things that I have always wanted to do but never dared to.
Jo: So you felt almost forced to say what you said?
Henry: Not forced but I felt like I really had to say them even though I knew it would hurt Paige. It was just like ...hmmm...
Jo (offering): Magic?
Mass: We stop her. I guess it's my time to contribute to the plan.
Barbas: I guess it is.
Jo orbed in the attic and started flipping the pages of the Book of Shadows. Henry was being affected by magic so it meant they had demon hunting to do. She stopped at a page and her eyes widened knowing it was close enough to what she's looking for.
Jo (yelling): PIPER, PHOEBE! (No reply.)
Jo: GUYS I GOT SOMETHING! (Again no reply but she heard chatter of glass.)
Jo: What the heck is going on? (She walked around the podium and started heading for the door. Behind her 2 demons and a darklighter shimmered/dark orbed in, one demon shimmered in front of her)
Demon 1: Going somewhere? (Jo immediately sprang into action and punched him)
Darklighter (to one of the demons): You deal with the book and we'll deal with her.
(The darklighter and one of the demons went towards Jo while the third demon stared at the book trying to figure out how to 'deal' with it. Jo vanquishes one of the demons with his own athame; she then orbs the darklighter's crossbow to her and aims it at the darklighter but he dark orbs out before she can shoot. Jo slams the crossbow into the second demon's face causing him to lose his balance and fall on the ground)
Jo: Who sent you? (She points the crossbow at him threateningly. Unfortunately for her, the demon delivers a round kick from his position sending her crashing to the ground; he pulls the darklighter's cross bow and immediately shoots at her. The arrow hit her in the stomach before she can react.)
Demon (looking at the crossbow): I never used one of these before.
Darklighter: You mind if I get it back?
Demon: No. (The crossbow dark orbs into the darklighter's awaiting hand) You done with the book?
Demon 2: I can't touch it but I managed to get it closed.
Demon: They won't know what she found.
Darklighter: And they won't look because they don't know something is magically wrong with the mortal.
Demon: Then let's get out of here.
Demon 2: What do we do with her?
Darklighter: Mass said to bring her along. (The darklighter sends his crossbow away and moves towards Jo who was on her side on the floor. He kneels next to her as to grab her but is surprised when he feels a stabbing pain in his chest and he is consumed by fire. Jo has pulled the arrow out of her stomach and used it against the darklighter vanquishing him.)
Demon: You *itch shouldn't have done that. (The Demon kicked Jo in the face knocking her out.)
Piper (coming up the stairs): Hey Jo you were calli...ing. (Piper trails off as she notices the demons and Jo. Piper immediately put her hands up and blew up the demon closest to Jo; the second one shimmered out before Piper could vanquish him too.) Oh my God! (Piper dropped by Jo's side) Jo... Jo wake up. (Piper shook Jo slightly and noticed she was bleeding from her nose and had a wound on her stomach) PAIGE! Jo wake up!
Jo started coming around but she was very weak from the poison, she started coughing.
Piper: Easy Easy! You okay?
Jo shook her head and took a deep breath to stop coughing.
Piper (yelling): PAIGE! Why is she not answering? I will go get her, she supposed to be down stairs. Your wound isn't bleeding a lot so you should be fine till I get back, okay?
Jo: Dark... Dark...lighter... (Piper's eyes widened in concern. She immediately went to get up but Jo grabbed her hand) Henry... is being affe-cted by m-magic. (Jo then started coughing again)
Piper: Honey you can tell us when you're healed. (Piper got up and ran out of the attic to get Paige)
Mass (yelling): You Idiots! Can't you do as I say, exactly how I say it?
Demon: We tried but the witch was too fast, and we didn't count on a Charmed One being there.
Mass: That's because she wasn't supposed to be there. She was supposed to be distracted long enough for your group to be able to complete the task. So what's your excuse? (Mass asked another demon who was present in the cave.)
Demon 2: We did our best to distract her, but her other two sisters were there plus another witch. We weren't informed of that, and we weren't informed that one of the Charmed Ones can vanquish demon without lifting a finger.
Mass: WHAT? I told you the half witch had new powers.
Demon 2: Yes, but you didn't tell us what these new powers are, and you didn't tell us she can vanquish and hurt us without even looking at us.
Mass: Her baby is protecting her, I am sure I said that.
Demon 2: You didn't tell us the extent of that protection. You also didn't tell us that they'll be expecting us.
Mass (confused): They were?
Demon 2: Yes, they had vanquishing potions that killed more than half of my strong demons. The witch was armed with her sisters, vanquishing potions and spells. You ordered us in blind. I am starting to think you're not going to be able to complete your end of the bargain.
Mass: I have given you assurance that you will get your revenge.
Demon 2: Well so far I got more of my clan killed than avenged them.
Barbas: Patience is a virtue.
Demon 2: Well we demons aren't exactly known for our patience.
Barbas: True, but they can be if it will help them out.
Demon 2: I am going to abide by your orders but if one more demon dies from my clan, my clan and I are out. (With his threat out and clear, the demon shimmered out)
Mass (to the first demon): What are you waiting for?
The demon shimmered out with a grim look on his face.
Barbas: You should try motivating those demons not sending them away. They're not your minions, just allies. You want to build an army not create a group of demons who oppose you.
Mass (ignoring his words): What do we do now?
Barbas: We complete the first part of our plan. We go after who we really wanted, now that they're distracted with the mortal.
-Manor-
Phoebe: So what you're saying is that demons cast a spell on Henry so he would do things he's insecure about?
Jo: Yes. (Jo was still pale and slightly shaken form the amount of Darklighter's poison that was in her system)
Piper(sarcastically): And you found that out before or after you were hit?
Jo: Before. Why am I being interrogated?
Paige: Because it makes no sense that demons would do something so… silly.
Jo: You think breaking up your marriage is silly?
Paige: When demons try to do it, yeah.
Jo: So you don't think that you will be emotionally unstable when you're hurt from what Henry would do or say, and that because your powers are tied to your emotions you'd be vulnerable?
(The sisters stared at her duymbfounded)
Phoebe: Well when you say it that way…
Jo: It sounds just about right. Now can we please reverse the spell so you can make up and kiss with your husband, because I really like having a husband.
Piper: Isn't he dead in your time? (Piper immediately regretted it when she saw the hurt in Jo's eyes)
Jo: Let's just get this over with, shall we? (Without waiting for response) It says here we need a bit of my… Paige's blood to draw in a bowl while chanting the reversal spell.
Paige (rhetorically): UGHHH, why do they always require blood?
Jo: To be specific and strong. (Jo answered not even noticing that the question was rhetorical. She was staring at a page in the book of shadows. She felt both pain and anger filling her heart.)
Phoebe (feeling what Jo was feeling): Anything interesting in there? (Phoebe attempted to take a closer look at the page to know what triggered her future sister's feeling, but Jo immediately recovered and flipped the pages back to the reversal spell)
Jo: There is always something interesting in the book. (Phoebe nodded but felt that there was more to it) Okay here's the spell, I readjusted it to suit the situation. So just read it and let some drops of your blood i…
Paige (sarcastically): You do realize this isn't the first time we cast a spell, right?
Jo (realizing she's been treating them like amateurs): Right! I forget that I am not that far into the past.
Paige: Okay, here goes nothing.
-Underworld- -
Jericho was sneaking towards Mass's main cave; he wanted to kill that bastard but knew that alone he wasn't strong enough. So he settled for helping 'Jo' by collecting info on his upcoming plans. Sadly, that wasn't going to well, since the caves were Mass met his allies and minions were all protected.
Voice: Going somewhere? (Jericho wiped around to see a demon that had an energy ball in his hand. He was one of Mass's guards)
Jericho: I am not, but you are! (Jericho quickly charged towards the demon, knocking him down by surprise. The energy ball disappearing into nothing. The demon tried to kick Jericho off but Jericho was stronger. Jericho puts his hand around the demons neck and it transforms into claws. Jericho immediately snaps the demons neck with his super strong claws and jumps back. The demon is surrounded by flames and is vanquished. Jericho stares at his 'claws' willing them to go away but surprisingly they don't.)
Voice in Jericho's head: You're a demon, always have been, always will be. Why change that when you can have all the glory and whoever you want kneeling to you.
Jericho: I might be a demon but I am good.
Voice: You're stronger than the so called good. Your fiancée got killed because she trusted in the power of 'good', because she thought that Wyatt won't kill a family member because he still had good in him. But you knew better, didn't you?
Jericho: Wyatt doesn't have good in him, I tried to …
Voice: Not hard enough. You knew Wyatt was pure evil, you knew he was going to kill her once he sees her. Yet you let her go.
Jericho: No I tried to stop her, I even went after her but I was too late. She died…
Voice: She died for nothing.
Jericho: No! She didn't die for nothing. She died protecting the ones she loved and standing up to what she believed in.(Jericho had tears flowing down his face by now)
Voice: And do you really believe that? Do you believe that she should've died to protect Good?
Jericho: …
Voice: You both could've been living happily together with your child. But your child died, and she died. You both died a little when your kid died, the only difference is you knew better than to go up against Wyatt and his minions.
Jericho: He is why they both died.
(A girl with light brown hair and emerald green eyes appeared in front of Jericho. She looked like she was in her early twenties, and had Paige written all over her. She was holding a baby in her arms and she smiled softly at Jericho as she came closer.)
Jericho: Hilary… (He hugged her and kissed her, then hugged her again) I missed you so much.
Hilary: I missed you too honey. Little Jericho missed you too.
Jericho (stunned): Is that…?
Hilary: Yes, he's your son. Would you like to hold him? (Jericho nodded with tears filling his eyes at the sight of the two people who he loved the most. Hilary handed Jericho that baby and Jericho kissed the top of the boy's head)
Jericho: He's beautiful!
Voice: Yes. You could've been holding this sweet innocent kid in your arms. (Jericho held the baby tighter in his arms afraid that he'll go away, but that's what happened)
Voice: But you're baby got ripped away from you. And so did she. (Jericho watched in horror as Hilary screamed in pain and disappeared but no before yelling 'Avenge us')
Jericho: Nooo… (Jericho fell to his knees)
Voice: You're not going to make your love's wish come true?
Jericho: She didn't want this. She wanted to save him.
Voice: Really? She never told you she wished Wyatt was dead?
Jericho: She did, but –
Voice: She never told you that she wished you could all live in peace? Didn't she tell you she wished she could hold that baby in her arms, and watch him grow old? She didn't?
Jericho: She wanted that more than anything.
Voice: And you can make it all come true, can't you? Kill him.
Jericho (almost whispering): No…
Voice: Kill him for your future.
Jericho: No.
Voice: For your life.
Jericho (shaking his head): No.
Voice: For your fiancée.
Jericho: … (An adult evil Wyatt appeared smirking evilly and holding a bloody baby blanket in his hands)
Voice: For your kid that was brutally ripped away from you.
(Jericho stood up yelling and threw an energy ball at Wyatt incinerating him on the spot)
Voice: Avenge them. (Jericho's once bright green eyes changed to a dark shade of gray, both his hands turned into claws and a glowing tattoo appears on his neck: he started changing into his demonic form. With indescribable rage, unbearable sadness and huge passion, he shimmered out of the underworld. Behind where he was, Barbas appeared with a look of triumph on his face.)
T.B.C
Author's notes: You won't believe how much effort that took to write. Before it used to come to me as I write but no it seems almost forced. lol. It's all because I am working on another major story that has yet to be posted. Well this story is close to end, ten more chapters max; how fast I update depends on whether I get good ideas or not. So please if there's anything you'd like to see or any suggestion, I am open to anything.
Thanks for reading, please leave a review and tell me what you think.