Chapter 4

Kill Shax

Living Room

"What Demon?" Prue asked again.

"Shax" Dean told her, "we have been tracking him for a while and followed him here."

"Shax," Prue yelled "that is the demon that killed me and almost killed Paige."

"What do you mean? Killed you?" Dean asked.

"It's a very long story, I don't have time to explain but what I don't understand is how Shax is back after all this time." Prue told him "We have to warn my sisters."

Attic

Leo was searching through the Book of Shadows as Piper walked in. He looked up from his studies and saw that Piper had a worried look on her face.

"Leo, do you know an angel named Cass or Castiel?" Piper asked him.

"Yes I do, he is one of the highest of angels and a high Elder," Leo explained, "Why?"

"Well, there are two guys down stairs that say they are hunter," Piper started but Leo just ran past her.

"Prue, we have hunters in the house," Leo yelled as he ran down stairs.

Stairs

Prue heard Leo yelling and ran to the bottom of the stairs where she was met by Leo and Piper.

"Stop," Prue said as she grabbed Leo by the arm "they are here asking for help with Shax."

Leo stopped dead in his tracks and stared at Dean and Sam as they entered the room. He did not see any weapons in their hands and did not understand why Cass would send hunters to see the Charmed ones. This was not at all what Leo expected from another angel and also he knew Shax was already out of the picture as the sisters already vanquished him.

"How is Shax back?" Piper said with disbelief.

"I don't understand either but we will find out. We need Paige and Phoebe here now." Prue told them.

"Coop, bring Phoebe here NOW!" Piper yelled "Paige, we need you NOW!"

As Coop and Phoebe appeared, Paige was orbing in. All three was wondering why Piper was yelling for them get hurry. Then they saw Dean and Sam.

"Who are they?" Paige asked.

"Who they are is hunters, Dean and Sam, but we have bigger problems to worry about right now," Prue told her sisters, "Shax is back and they tracked him here and now it's up to us to vanquish him again. This time is will be forever."

"We need a stronger spell this time," Paige blurted out "This time we have the power of four and it makes us more powerful than we were when we vanquished him the first time. We just need to change the spell to our advantage."

"Paige, you write the spell. Phoebe, you and Coop work on finding out how and why Shax is back. Piper, you and Leo find this Cass and see why he sent these hunters to us."

"Hey," Dean snapped at Prue, "We, hunters, are here to help you with Shax."

"We don't need your help," Paige snapped at Dean. Then she noticed that Sam was staring at her. "What are you looking at?" she asked.

"You," Sam said "Why are you so upset that we are here? We want to help."

"Sorry, I have had a very long day," Paige told him then she orbed out.

"Let's get to work." Prue told everybody.

"Hey, what are we supposed to do?" Dean asked.

"Stay out of the way." Phoebe told him as she and Coop left.

"Well, there is one thing we can do," Dean told Prue.

"And just what is that?" Prue asked sarcastically.

"Cass, where are you?" Dean yelled "Cass, get your sorry ass down here now!"

Just then Cass appeared in front of Prue which made Prue jump. Dean chuckled and introduced her to Cass.

"Ok, let's get down to business," Cass said.

Prue looked at Cass and asked "Ok, now about Shax, how is he back and why are you sending hunters here to help us?"

"I have done some digging around and what none of us realized is that the spell that was used to vanquish Shax somehow was undone when we brought you back" Cass told Prue "And the reason I sent Dean and Sam to help is because you need them."

"Need them?" Piper yelled "just how do we need them?"

"Well, for one thing, you are going to their help with demons, they are the best hunters and there is a power rising up to try to stop the new power of four." Cass explained "Shax is connected to Prue and you will need a very strong spell to break the bound between you and Shax so he can be vanquished."

"Ok, if Shax is back does that mean all the demons we vanquished coming back?" Prue asked Cass.

"No, just Shax because the new power of three vanquished him to avenge your death" Cass told her but she still couldn't help worrying. It was her nature to worry.

"Will that mean I will die again when we vanquish Shax again?" Prue asked with sadness on her face.

"No not if you and your sisters break that bond between you and Shax before you vanquish him" Cass explained but Prue still didn't understand how this bond with her and Shax could be broken.

Dean could see that all this was too much for Prue to handle, "Hey, let's go for a walk." He told her.

Prue agreed. As they left the room, Piper looked at Cass "Just how are we supposed to break this bond with Shax and Prue."

"That is what you are your sisters have to figure out." Cass told her then disappeared.

"Some help he is." Piper blurted out.

Kitchen

Prue and Dean sat down at the table. Dean noticed the sad look on her face.

"Listen, Prue, we are here to help you and your sisters, I will not let anything happen to either one of you," Dean told her, "I promise. But can you explain about this connection to Shax. I mean you dying and being brought back."

"Well, 6 years ago, we were protecting an innocent that Shax was after. But we failed at our job and Shax killed our innocent and me in the process." Prue explained to Dean.

She told him the whole story of how they were exposed and Phoebe went to the underworld with Cole to get time reset but she was told that one of her sisters must die and that Leo could only heal one of them and he chose Piper. Then she explained how they found Paige and about the ultimate battle that they had to fight last year.

"Ok, so how were you allowed to come back?" Dean asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Prue explained to Dean how the Elders allowed her to come back as a reward for the sisters and that it hasn't been that long that they sent her back to her sisters. She explained everything that had happened to them up until they came into their lives. Prue had this feeling that Dean really understood her and she felt a very strong connection to him but what she didn't know was Dean also felt the connection between them.

As they talked, they didn't notice that Piper, Leo and Sam had walked in the room and was listening to their conversation.

"Hi," Piper said loudly. Hoping they would notice they were not alone in the room. Prue and Dean jumped and looked at everyone in the room.

"It seems that someone needs to let people know when they enter the room" Prue said in an angry voice.

"Well, if you two love birds were aware of your surroundings then you would notice others around you" Sam told them.

Prue and Dean gave Sam a very hard look as Piper and Leo chuckled at Sam's comment. Just then Paige orbed in.

"Ok I have been working on a spell and I didn't find much in the Book Of Shadows that would be much help. I know that it took the power of three last time to vanquish Shax but this time we have the power of four so I think a power of four spell will do the trick." Paige explained.

"We have a new problem." Piper told her sister.

TBC

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