8. Marked
"Are you sure!"
"Yes, Mum, he's okay, but he's scared." Wyatt stood in the middle of the attic, standing straight with his eyes closed.
Chris hadn't came back after dropping Robin off and they wouldn't even have know something was up if Robin hadn't got a telepathic message from Chris and if storm clouds hadn't quickly rolled over head. The Consobrina had teleported to the Halliwell manor straight away and told the family what had happened. Now Piper, Leo, Wyatt, Melinda, Phoebe and Paige (who Piper had called) were in the attic along with Robin, trying to work out what demon had taken Chris. They couldn't communicate with him anymore, seeing as the demon must have been in league with a dark priest or priestess who had put a guarding charm around where they were. The most Wyatt and Robin could do was sense if he was alive.
Just then, Billie projected in. "Hey, guys, we have a problem."
"We know. My son is gone." Piper sounded near hysterics which made Paige put her arms around her.
"That's not good," agreed the blonde, "But I was trying to find this demon I had seen around, seeing as she's a nasty piece of work. Anyway, when I was in the underworld I heard a plot to kidnap one of the Charmed males and get them out of the way. I guess it's already started."
"Wyatt, Robin, you sure his okay?" Piper panicked, looking at the two Twice powered people. Wyatt was still standing in the middle of the room, sensing Chris, whereas Robin was flicking through her Book of Shadows.
"He's alright," muttered Robin, frowning at the pages before her. "Maybe this spell will work, it's to call a love to ones side, I can change it so it's friend. Paige, you would know it, your past life changed it to suite her. The original is:
Bring together my love and I,
His heart I hold, and he, mine.
I summon him to my side,
That he may fill my hearts desire.
But I can fix it…. Give me a sec." Robin materialized a pad of paper and pen and started to recreate the spell. "Okay:
Bring together my friend and me,
His safety I wish to see.
I summon him to my side,
That he may fill my hearts desire."
There were lights and everyone saw the silhouette of Chris. He only stayed for a moment before disappearing. "DAMN IT! What's the use of these powers if I can't even help Chris?"
"I know how you feel," sympathised Melinda. "This scrying is getting me no where."
"I'll take over," offered the older teen. "You can flip through my book." When Robin walked over to take the crystal, the young witch went to hand her Chris' sketch book that she had been holding. The Twice Cursed however, declined, slipping the ring off of her right ring finger.
"The sketch book is our best option," Leo said, having only been pacing the room the whole time.
"No," disagreed the best friend. "Chris gave me this when we were younger, it makes him happy to see I still have it and it has a stronger connection to him then you realise."
Phoebe looked at the green eyed girl and put her hand up when Leo went to ask her if she was sure. "She's right. I always wondered why I felt joy off Chris when he saw your hand. I just thought he was thinking of something else."
No one argued as Robin slipped the ring off of her finger and down the string. The crystal started spinning around the map. No one talked as they all did their different things. Piper was sitting on a couch stressing and getting comforted by Leo who had stopped pacing, Paige had orbed up to the elders, Billie was trying to pick up magical signs, Phoebe was flicking through the Charmed book of Shadows and Melinda was flicking through Robin's.
"Billie, what do you know of this demon?" Robin asked.
"Just that she's a succubus," answered the blonde.
"Succubus? Did she say what I think she said?" Piper asked, making Phoebe hold her head in pain.
"Piper, breath, it's not that bad," the second eldest sister reassured.
"How can you say that?"
"Actually," interrupted Robin, "She might be right. Melinda, look up demon marks in my book."
The youngest in the room obeyed the request and started searching. When she found it, she started reading out loud. "Demon markings: something left on a mortal or witch when they are intimate with a demon. The intimacy can range from a kiss that leaves a 'mark' for up to three months, to sexual intimacy that leaves a mark till one or both involved die. The mark, whilst invisible, is to demons, like a scent left on the skin that warns that the person is 'owned' by another demon. The human is immune to any demon seduction whilst covered with this mark."
"How is this helpful?" Wyatt asked, still having his eyes closed in the middle of the room.
"Because I seduce him. I've left the slightest of marks on him, which will help him resist the succubus and I can find him." Robin put her ring back on and went over to her book. She flipped through the book and found a few spells she could use to compile another spell. "Okay...
He has my mark,
He has my scent.
I travel now to your stench,
Get away from him you evil whench."
The moment she finished chanting she was engulfed in red lights. She left the attic and appeared in a room that looked to be in a warehouse. The room was dark, with a sensual glow. The bed was covered in black satin sheets, there was incense burning and sexual items throughout the room. Chris was against one of the purple and red satin covered walls, a woman pressed against him. He seemed to be fighting the desire to kiss her.
"Robin," he whispered, pushing the succubus back a little.
"The demon that left a mark on you can't help you for long, its wearing thin. You'll be mine in a matter of moments," hissed the demon in a silky voice.
"Wanna bet?" asked Robin.
The demon spun around, revealing curly red hair, pouty lips, dark eyes and perfect skin. "So you're Robin?"
"The one and only!" Robin waved her hand and threw the woman against the far wall. She ran over to Chris, who was standing there in a daze. "Chris, you alright?"
"Robin? Have you met Avery?" Chris whispered, his eyes wide and glossed over.
"Chris... damn she's right, my marks almost all gone. She can seduce you."
The succubus was getting up and Chris was struggling to walk towards her whilst also trying not to. Thinking fast, Robin put up her shield and grabbed Chris' jaw with one hand forcing him to look at her. With the other she pushed his chest, making him hit the wall. She pressed herself against him and kissed him squared on the mouth, moving her lips to bite his lower lip before running her tongue against it. When she pulled back Chris only had eyes for her. "Come on, Chris, be you, I love the man who fights for good and doesn't let a demon win."
"You love me?" he asked in a dizzy voice.
"Yes!"
"Okay." He seemed to snap out of his trance to see Robin's shield go down seeing as she was paying to much attention to Chris. He pulled her out of the way as the succubus rushed them. "Thanks for the mark."
"You're welcome. I figured that should last you at least three months... hope you didn't want to hook up with a demon any time soon."
"I'm sure I'll survive." Chris looked Robin in the eyes as he froze the succubus and kissed Robin swiftly on the lips. "So how do we kill her?"
"You don't, I do!" Robin stepped in front of Chris just as the demon unfroze.
"You have no power,
You have no chance.
Royal blood to demon spurn,
A Consobrina you have tried to scorn.
Bow to me and turn to ash,
And with it take your evil birth."
The succubus was twitching throughout the spell but when Robin spoke the last two lines the woman started to smoke from the inside before falling to her knees like she was bowing. She erupted in fire and so did her children in her closet.
"You are welcome again," Robin assured with a cheeky smile at Chris over her shoulder. He returned the smile before turning Robin around and kissing her. He backed her up until she fell onto the bed, the satin seeming to make her enthusiastic. However she came to her senses and pushed Chris away. "Chris, this room is a... a person like me's dream. Stop because I can only hold myself off for so long." Reluctantly Chris got up and turned away from Robin. "Sorry, I think I over did the mark."
"Yeah, maybe," Chris replied in a strained voice. "I...I don't think I can orb. I can't get my mind straight."
"I can teleport you," guaranteed the brunette. "Can you handle to touch me?"
Chris looked at her and grabbed her side, roughly at her ribs. He slipped his hands down to Robin's hips, making Robin's breath hitch. "If it makes you happy."
"Don't ask me that!" demanded Robin before teleporting them in a flash of purple.
They reappeared in the attic surrounded by family.
"CHRIS!" they all yelled.
The seventeen-year-old released his friend's hips as his mother and father engulfed him in a tight hug.
"Oh my, are you alright?" asked Piper.
"I think so. She kept saying Robin's mark would wear off... but I couldn't use my powers till Robin came."
"Yeah, sorry, buddy, but males are powerless against succubus," informed Phoebe with a slight smile. "You have a weird emotion coming off you."
"That would be the mark. She was seconds away from breaking it so I had to reinforce it. It'll keep him protected for three months at minium," explained Robin.
"Fair enough," agreed Billie.
"Perhaps you should get some rest," suggested Leo, looking at his son.
"Agreed!" said Paige with a clap of her hands.
Chris nodded and subconsciously took Robin's hand, leading her down to his room. When they entered his room he closed the door and let Robin walk deeper into the room. She sat on the desk chair as Chris turned to her. "How do I make this feeling stop?"
"What do you feel? I've never actually given anyone a mark on purpose," admitted the Cousin.
"I want to make you feel happy, satisfied, loved!" confessed the boy, moving towards his best friend and pushing her hair out of her face as he got on his knees in front of her. "I want to do anything that would make you happy. Please, Ca'toy'ess, tell me what you want."
"What did you call me?" asked the girl.
"Robin! Your name that I love," replied Chris.
"Buzzy, this is magic and I don't mean love. You're under a spell. You'll get over this and regret saying these things."
"I will never regret it, Demon Daughter! I love you." With that Chris launched forward and kissed Robin on the lips gentle. "If you're going to deny my feeling and say it's a spell then at least indulge me for tonight. Just kisses. Pure innocence!"
Robin looked into Chris' jade eyes and saw the pleading. For a moment it seemed as though she was going to deny him but she sunk and agreed. "Alright, just don't hold it against me tomorrow!"
"I promise. All my fault," agreed Chris before kissing the girl again.
Yeey, school is done! And now I have free time to write so all my stories should be getting updated soon... hopefully. I hope you like and don't hate me for not updating sooner but HSC's were on and I was studying my butt off to get good marks for uni. Please review, they're nice.