"Sight Unseen"
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Daina was cuddled up in the passenger seat, a blanket covering her as she slept.
Prue had taken her to 415, the building where she worked, where the girl could study since it was decided for her to be home schooled.
The girl was tuckered out from the long day and was trying to catch up on her sleep when Prue's phone rang waking the girl up making her frown over at the raven.
"Hello?" Prue answered and then listened.
"Hey, on my way home from work. Hey, you will never guess what we found on the internet. Remember Mika?" Prue asked and then waited for the response.
"Well, I traced his ancestry and found an entire history of the village we visited. I figured it might give us a clue to the identity of the demon that the Triad sent to kill us." She said and then frowned as someone who sounded like Piper asked a question.
"No, my photo shoot is not until tomorrow… Oh, oh! Sean! Oh, all right, uh, just…give him a drink." Prue said.
She had forgotten that she had a date tonight due to her obsession of working and demon hunting.
"How long has he been there?" Prue asked and then Piper answered.
"All right, so what do I do?" Prue asked.
"But Piper I am half way across town and Daina looks dead tired. Besides, I gotta go home and look up all this demon stuff." Prue said making Daina groan in annoyance.
"What and you think the Triad will? All right, we have to get them before they get us. Just tell him I got hung up at work and that I'll make it up to him." Prue said before she then hung up.
Daina rested her head against the window and as she looked out it.
"All right, what do you have to say?" Prue asked.
"I'm half dead now. Wait until the morning when I'm fully awake and can think things better. Ooh, pretty car." Daina cooed as a turquoise car passed them.
Prue shook her head at this and continued on for the manor, arriving soon enough and then parked, Daina throwing the door open and quickly rushing over to the manor.
Once she got up to the door, she was curious to find it open, looking inside as she heard a door closing inside from somewhere in the manor.
"Daina?" Prue called as he ran up when she saw the girl not moving and grew worried when she found the door wide open.
She looked into the dark manor, pulling the girl behind her as she slowly ventured in, seeing a mirror on the wall was shattered.
Clanking made her look down to see she had stepped on the broken glass from a mirror and Daina clung to her hand.
Prue looked back at her and held a finger up to her lips to show the girl she wanted her to remain silent as they walked further in.
Footsteps were then heard as someone ran at them from behind and they were tackled, Daina being thrown onto the ground while the figure threw themselves and Prue over the couch.
The figure stood up and Prue threw her arm out, sending the figure through the window.
"Daina, are you okay?" she called.
"Well, I'm wide awake now." The girl answered.
Afterwards they called Darryl to check the house and P3 for Phoebe and Piper to get home, the two sisters worried when they saw the youngest and eldest.
Darryl went to check upstairs when he arrived while Prue and Daina were resting on the couch, Kit on the girl's lap while Phoebe handed Prue an icepack and Piper was sweeping the glass up.
"Here sweetie. Are you feeling any better?" Phoebe asked as she handed over the pack and then sat down on the couch.
"Yeah, I think I was more stunned than hurt. You know, it just happened so fast." Prue said.
"It's creepy that somebody went through every room in the house, smashing mirrors, touching who knows what." Piper looked around nervously.
"Fondling who knows what." Phoebe corrected.
"Okay, I'm freaked." Daina said as Kit meowed in what seemed like agreement.
"It's just so creepy. At least nothing seems to be missing." Piper sighed.
"How do you know it wasn't a demon?" Prue asked making Daina groan as Piper rolled her eyes.
"Demons don't usually fondle." Phoebe answered.
"Besides the only demon that we know who used mirrors was Callie and we vanquished her sorry ass." Piper said.
"Yeah, by smashing her reflection in a mirror. I mean, I know that she's supposed to be dead, but so were the Grimmlocks." Prue pointed out.
"Please don't remind me about them." Darryl requested as he came down the stairs, setting his kit down.
"But the Grimmlocks only came back because it was Halloween. It's known as the Day of the Dead in Mexico for a reason. The dead is able to crossover on that day only. There's no other way the dead can come back to life even with magic." Daina said.
"You're becoming a textbook." Phoebe commented.
"Did you find anything, Darryl?" Piper asked.
"Just a bunch of fingerprints that don't match your samples. I'm gonna run it through the computer to see if any names pop up." Darryl said.
"They won't. I mean, hello, guys. Book of Shadows 101." Prue said.
"No! I've done enough studying for one day. If I learn anymore without any sleep, my head will burst." Daina snapped.
"Right, well, suffer. Mirrors are the portal in which evil enters." Prue reminded.
"Well, there are fingerprints and demons don't usually have fingers." Phoebe said wiggling her fingers.
"Well, on the human side of things, I need you guys to put together a grudge list of any enemies you have past or present…" Darryl trailed off when Prue handed him a paper.
"Already done." She said as he took it.
"Abraxis, Barbas, Yama. What did you do; date the United Nations?" Darryl asked.
"Uh, it's the demons, warlocks and various evil forces that we've faced in the last two years." Prue answered.
Everyone gave her a look of disbelief, even the cat.
"That's not exactly what I meant." Darryl folded the paper and set it down.
"Okay, um, I'm gonna go hit the Book of Shadows and see if I can find anything about mirrors." Prue stood and walked up the stairs as the others waited until she was gone.
"Um, Prue's been a little fixated lately." Phoebe said to Darryl.
"Do you think it was a human bad guy?" Piper asked.
"Any other house, yeah. Around here, you never know." Darryl answered.
"Piper, Phoebe, Daina!" Prue called from upstairs.
The group all got up and started going up the stairs, finding Prue in the attic.
"What? What is it?" Piper asked.
"That door was unlocked." Prue pointed over her shoulder at the door.
"So?" Darryl asked.
"So ever since a demon tried to steal the Book of Shadows a couple of weeks ago, I've been locking it." Prue stated.
"You lock this door but you don't lock the front door?" Darryl asked in disbelief.
"I lock the front door." Piper said.
"Me too, mostly." Phoebe shrugged.
"I haven't gotten a key yet." Daina said.
"I don't, why bother?" Prue asked.
"Because you're 3 young women who have just adopted an adolescent girl. In fact, your whole attitude about security baffles me. You have no alarm system, no deadbolts, no dog." Darryl ranted.
"Darryl, we're four witches, I think we can handle it." Prue said not caring over his worry while the others saw his point.
"It wasn't jimmied." Darryl said as he checked the door.
"So you think we're dealing with a lock picking demon, Prue?" Phoebe asked.
"It doesn't look like anything's missing from up here either." Piper glanced around.
"I just think it's ludicrous to rule out that a human could have done this." Phoebe said.
"Yes, well I think it's ludicrous to think that the Triad has got nothing to do with it." Prue said.
"Um, Darryl, why don't you go check on those fingerprints? We need to have a little conference here." Piper suggested.
"Okay, good night." Daryl walked out.
"Night." Phoebe called.
"Thanks for the help." Daina called.
"Leo!" Prue yelled as soon as the inspector was gone.
"Uh, Prue, maybe a little perspective here for a second." Piper said as she, Phoebe and Daina walked closer.
"Leo!" Prue ignored them and yelled again.
Leo then orbed into the room.
"What? What is it? What is the problem?" Leo asked.
"I want to know everything that you know about the Triad." Prue demanded.
"Wh-What?" Leo asked in shock.
"Hi." Piper giggled as he looked over to her smiling.
Phoebe and Daina grinned as they saw the look pass between them.
"Hi." Leo breathed while Prue looked between them, annoyed at the distraction.
"Okay, well this really can't wait. You know, the Triad sent somebody back in time and nearly whipped out our entire line and I am willing to bet that it's the same demon that we found up here a couple of weeks ago. Now if you guys don't want to take that seriously, that's your business. Me, I'm on a mission." Prue gathered up the Book and then stormed out of the attic.
"Oh." Leo breathed as he watched her go, surprised by her attitude.
"We really need to get her laid, huh?" Phoebe asked while Piper gave her a scolding look as Daina looked at her confused.
"Lay her on what?" Daina asked.
Everyone was silent at that.
"A nice comfy bed. Which is where you should be." Piper said as Leo walked over to her, both smiling at each other.
Phoebe hummed as she grabbed Daina's arm and dragged her out of the attic.
"Okay, what did you really mean?" Daina asked once they were out.
"Um…I'll tell you when you're older. Piper would kill me if I tainted your innocent mind." Phoebe smiled as she dragged the pouting girl to their room.
They had a spare room, but it hadn't been cleaned out yet and they also needed to buy a new bed for the girl to sleep on, so she and Phoebe had been sharing a room and bed for the time being.
Daina walked down to the kitchen to get something to drink, going into the kitchen while Kit meowed at her as she hopped up onto the table.
Taking out a water bottle from the fridge, the doorbell then rang making Daina look over as she walked over to the door as she heard the footsteps of her sisters coming down the stairs.
She opened the door to reveal Cole who looked into her eyes seeing them turn gold for a brief second, as if the Radiance wasn't sure he was a threat or not.
"Hi, Mister Turner, right?" Daina asked as she stepped aside to let him in.
"Just call me Cole. I'm assuming you're Daina." He guessed as he walked inside and the girl closed the door.
"Cole? What are you doing here?" Phoebe asked as she, Prue and Piper came down.
"Are you all right? I just heard." He said sounding worried.
"Heard what?" Phoebe asked.
"Uh, about what happened? The break in. You guys okay?" Cole asked.
"You came all the way over here for me? I-I mean for we? I, uh, for us?" Phoebe stuttered over her words.
"Did you get a look at who it was?" Cole asked.
"No." Prue shook her head.
"I'm gonna make a call, get a patrol car to watch the place." Cole pulled out his phone.
"That's all right actually. I think that we can handle it." Prue said.
"No, you can't. I mean, you have no idea what kind of evil you're dealing with here." Cole said.
"Yes, well, we were actually just discussing that, weren't we, Prue?" Piper looked at her sister.
"Um, do you want anything, Cole? Do you want some coffee or something?" Phoebe offered.
"Actually, Phoebe, that's not really a good idea. We have something very important that we have to discuss." Prue looked at Cole, meaning for him to leave.
"That's all right. I-I really should get going anyway. It's late. Call me anytime." Cole said as Phoebe walked him to the door.
"Yeah, I-I will, thanks." Phoebe said as she closed the door behind him.
"Okay, this better be good." She sighed walking over.
"Yeah, well, I was up in the attic and when I woke up, there was a pillow about to smother me." Prue said.
"A pillow?" Piper asked.
"Hovering?" Phoebe asked.
"Seriously?" Daina asked.
Prue looked at all three sisters who looked at her in disbelief and sounded skeptic.
"Well, that must be the infamous pillow smothering demon." Phoebe joked.
"Maybe it was just a nightmare." Piper suggested.
"Okay, it wasn't a nightmare and it certainly wasn't a joke." Prue said.
"Maybe you were making it do that with your powers while you sleeping. You know, subconsciously." Daina suggested.
"No, there is a demon after me or us, I know it." Prue rejected the idea as she went upstairs.
"Okay." Phoebe sung under her breath.
Hearing strange sound at the door, Phoebe opened it to see if Cole was still outside, but there was no one, so she shrugged and closed it.
(The next morning…)
"Give me a hit of that. Actually, no, just-just pour it down my throat." Phoebe said as she grabbed a coffee mug.
Piper was sipping coffee at the counter while Daina was leaning her head on it half asleep.
"You didn't sleep either?" Piper asked pouring Phoebe a cup.
"Not a wink. Thank god for make-up. Hey, maybe we should get an alarm system." Phoebe said taking Darryl's warnings to heart.
Footsteps were heard making the sisters look over to see the oldest coming out of the laundry room.
"Hey, Pheebs, did you borrow Grams' necklace again?" Prue asked walking in holding bags.
"No." Phoebe said.
"Are you sure?" Prue asked.
"Yeah, I'm positive, why?" Phoebe brushed her hair back.
"What about my, uh, good luck blouse? Have you guys seen it?" Prue asked.
"The fuchsia, paisley one?" Phoebe asked and shook her head 'No'.
"Is anything else missing?" Piper asked.
"Not that I know of." Prue said.
"Prue, this is important. Maybe the guy that broke into the house took them." Phoebe said.
"Yeah or maybe it was a demon who took them for some weird ritualistic ceremony or something." Prue said.
Daina yawned as she pushed herself up, annoyed with how obsessed her sister was becoming.
There were human evils in the world after all and she would know from experience.
"Now would that be the pillow smothering demon or the lock picking demon?" Phoebe joked.
Prue scoffed at that as Leo orbed into the room, Piper looking annoyed.
"They called me away on something else, Piper, it's a total coincidence." Leo said as she frowned at him, nodding as she hummed in disbelief.
"As far as the Triad's concerned, they don't know much. They don't even know what it really is." Leo said.
"These boss guys of yours are pretty lame. They don't know anything about me or my powers and they don't know anything about the Triad and they've been duking it out for 4000 years?" Daina asked.
"What they do know though is that the Triad is at the highest level of the other side, at least after the Source." Leo informed.
"Okay, that's a biggie." Phoebe said.
"Well, that's why we need to get to them before they get to us." Prue said.
"What is this?" Piper asked as the sisters were handed the bags.
"This is a way to always be prepared." Prue said.
"These are very big conceptions, Prue." Phoebe joked.
"They are sneakers, all right. You know, we're always wearing inappropriate footwear when demons attack, now we will be prepared. Keep them with you at all times." Prue instructed.
The sisters were looking over their new shoes, Phoebe and Daina smiling at them.
"I'm gonna be so fast in these." Phoebe chuckled.
The doorbell then rang making the group all walk out to the door, Piper opening it to reveal Darryl who walked inside.
"Hi." He said.
"Hi." Phoebe hugged the shoes to her chest.
"Yo." Daina greeted.
"We're making progress. The same set of fingerprints were found on all the broken mirrors." Darryl said.
"Whose are they?" Leo asked.
"Unfortunately, the FBI computer came up with a blank which just means the perp had no criminal record." Darryl informed.
"So what does that mean, that it's some crazy person?" Piper asked.
"I can't say. I don't have enough to go on. I mean, we've got broken mirrors, but nothing's missing." He said.
"Actually there is stuff missing. Um, our grandmother's necklace and Prue's favorite shirt." Phoebe said.
"It's funny that's the only thing he took. You know, there is another possibility. It could be a stalker." Darryl said making everyone look up in surprise.
"A stalker?" Leo asked.
"Who would want to stalk us?" Piper asked.
"Could be anybody. I need you to get a human grudge list together. Old classmates, people you've worked with or for, old boyfriends." Darryl counted off on his fingers.
"Hey, what about Sean?" Phoebe questioned.
"A guy that I stood up once? I don't think so." Prue scoffed.
"The smallest things can set these guys off." Darryl said.
"Okay, well if it's a stalker, it's a demonic stalker." Prue insisted looking a bit annoyed.
"In any case, I'm gonna check out this Sean guy. I need that grudge list ASAP. Stalkers will do anything to obtain the object of their desire. You could be in real danger, Prue." Darryl informed.
"Thanks." She muttered.
"Bye." Darryl nodded as he then left the manor, everyone turning their attention to the eldest who was still in denial.
"You need to listen to him, Prue." Phoebe said.
"Why, no one listens to me. Here, I gotta go." Prue handed her bag to Piper.
"If a demon doesn't kill me, my editor will." Prue said as she then walked off.
"I swear, if I could shut her up, I would. This demon obsession is driving me up the freaking wall." Daina ranted as she threw her hands up and started storming into the living room.
"She's not the only one." Phoebe said.
"I'll go with Daina and help her with her grudge list." Leo said.
"You think someone Daina knows could be our stalker?" Piper asked.
"I'm not sure, but there could be a slim possibility. At any rate, I'm gonna go help her." Leo leaned over and pecked Piper on the lips before he went into the living room after Daina.
He found the girl watching a TV show on the 4Kids network that was an anime show that was dubbed in English, the girl frowning as she watched it.
"What the heck is this? Who changed the show? Those men are supposed to have guns and now they look retarded pointing their fingers at the guy." She ranted.
"Well, it is meant to be a kid's show, so they edited out blood, guns, nudity and swearing." Leo explained as he sat beside her.
She was watching an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh where Maximillion Pegasus' men come after Seto Kaiba who then jumped out of the window to escape the henchmen.
"They still didn't have to change the names. I mean, really, how stupid is this country?" Daina continued to rant as Leo patted her head.
"They're trying to make it look more innocent for the children. Anyway, do you need any help on your grudge list?" Leo asked.
"No, I already know who to put on it. The only people I actually met in my short life. My parents Ryun and Sakura Motomiya and also the Kamiya family." She said.
The Kamiyas lived in the same building as her and were next to the Motomiyas so they saw them quite often, their daughter who was her age named Hikari or Kari for short once helped Daina with an injured knee.
"The Kamiyas?" Leo asked.
"I hope it's not them. They're really nice people, but you never know, right?" Daina shrugged.
Leo pulled the girls into his arms and sat back holding the girl gently like a father would a daughter, the girl leaning into his embrace with a small smile.
(That night…)
The sisters and Leo had gone out that night to the club hoping Daina would be safe with all of the windows and doors locked tight so no stalker or any other demon would barge in.
No one wanted another crazed beast breaking in and trying to claim the Keeper as their mate again.
Daina was curled up in her bed, sleeping soundly with Kit resting at the foot of her bed, purring in her sleep.
In Daina's dream was a time when she was younger and had first met the Kamiyas.
It was her 6th birthday when Jun took her out of the house to play a game of soccer, the magenta haired girl kicking the ball over the her younger sister who tried to run after it, but she slipped on wet grass and scraped her knee on a rock.
"Daisuke!" Jun gasped as she ran over when she saw her sister sitting down holding her knee as it bled.
Trying not to cry, Daisuke had looked her knee over and paled at the sight of the blood running down her leg.
Suddenly, someone appeared in front of her making her watery chocolate eyes look up to meet two cherry colored eyes.
"Are you OK?" the other girl asked.
"Y-Yeah. I just don't l-like the b-blood." Daisuke hiccupped.
The other girl bent down and pulled off her pink ascot and used it to gently whip off the blood as Jun and a boy with wild brown hair wearing goggles both ran over.
"Daisuke, are you okay?" Jun asked as she bent down.
"I'm fine." The little girl sniffled.
"Arigato." She thanked the brunette who tied her ascot around her knee.
"Don't worry about it. I'm Hikari Kamiya by the way, but everyone calls me Kari. This is my big brother Taichi." The girl introduced.
"Tai, nice to see you again." Jun greeted as she scooped her sister up in her arms.
"Yeah, you too. So who's this cute little girl? I haven't seen her around before." Tai said as he smiled in a friendly manner down at the girl.
"I hope she's cute, she is my baby sister after all." Jun proudly stated as Daisuke blushed.
"Sister? How come I've never seen her before?" Tai blinked.
"Oh, she doesn't get out a lot. Bad immune system." Jun lied since she didn't want anyone to know her parents viewed her sister as a demon.
"Hey, I'm like that too! My parents don't like me going out all the time in case I get really sick and get sent to the hospital. It has happened a few times." Kari smiled.
"That sounds bad." Daisuke blinked.
"It's not as bad as it sounds. Don't worry." Kari said.
Hearing beeping, Jun checked her watch and knew it was time to go before their parents got home and found the 'youkai' missing and went on a hunt.
"Sorry, but we need to get going now. It was nice seeing you again, Tai." Jun smiled as she walked off.
"Bye, Daisuke! Let's hang out again sometime!" Kari waved as the Motomiya sisters left.
Screaming woke Daina up from her sleep making her sit up in bed as the lights in the house seemed to be flashing on and off because of some power surge.
Getting up, she grabbed a baseball bat she had brought into the room with her in case the stalker came back and unlocked her door, following the sound of the screaming.
Kit followed after her as the girl snuck up to the attic where the screaming got louder and she found the door wide open and gasped in shock as she saw Cole was being electrocuted by a ring of crystals that sent electric currents up that latched around his neck.
When he couldn't fight any longer, Cole passed out and fell to the side as the crystals were de-activated.
"Oh my God!" Daina threw down her bat and quickly ran over, grabbed his shoulders and started pulling him out of the circle.
She checked his pule to see if he was still alive and sighed in relief when she felt the beat of his heart and then looked at his neck to see the red burn marks.
"Okay, what do I do for someone who was electrocuted? Why do they never teach you this stuff?" she ranted as Kit knocked the spirit board onto the floor.
Looking over, Daina watched as Kit seemed to be moving the pointer.
"Kit, what are you doing? I doubt any ghosts are gonna tell me what to do." She said.
Kit meowed at her and moved the pointer, Daina watching curiously as the cat moved the pointer on the letter C, then onto the P and finally on the R.
"CPR? You want me to give him CPR?" Daina asked and the cat meowed in agreement.
Nodding at this, the girl then thought back to what she had learned of CPR, so she then pinched Cole's nose and breathed into his mouth until he coughed making her sit back.
He groaned as he opened his green eyes, looking up at the girl curiously.
"What happened?" he groaned as he sat up, holding his head.
"You were electrocuted. I'm not sure how though. By the way, how did you get into the house?" she asked.
"Good question." Someone said.
It was Prue, she had come home from P3 with Piper and Phoebe, the two sisters looking worried while Prue was glaring at him.
"I came over to check on you, but then I saw all the windows open and I found the door unlocked so I thought…" Cole trailed off as Phoebe rushed to his side to help him up.
"You thought someone broke into the house again." Phoebe realized.
Cole groaned as he was on his feet, then looked down at the little girl who had revived him and patted her head.
"Thanks for the help, kid." He smiled down at her as she blushed at the praise.
He then looked down at the circle made up of the crystals.
"What is that?" he asked.
Piper and Phoebe looked at each other, unsure of how to answer while Prue looked at the man smugly.
"It's a trap." She stated.
"A what?" Cole asked.
Daina then realized that Prue had finally crossed the line in her obsession.
Cole then stormed down the stairs as the sisters followed him, Phoebe and Daina trying very hard to keep their anger at bay while Prue was glaring at the back of the assistance district attorney's head with an accusing gaze.
The trap she had set was meant to trap demons and Cole had been caught in it, therefore in her mind he was a demon.
"Cole, I am so sorry. Please forgive us." Phoebe pleaded.
"I'll take that under advisement." Cole said.
"Prue just panicked. She wasn't thinking straight." Phoebe said.
"The hell I wasn't!" Prue said as the group walked off the stairs and stood in the hallway.
"Do you know that your trap is the equivalent of having a loaded shotgun with a trip wire behind your front door? That's illegal! I'm an ADA, an officer of the court. I could have you arrested! Not only that, but if social services found out about this, they could take Daina away from you! Do you really want that?" Cole yelled at Prue as she glared at him.
Phoebe sighed as she rubbed her forehead as she saw how much trouble Prue had truly gotten them into and knew that if Daina was taken away from them because of her, Piper would kill her.
Looking over, she saw that the molecular immobilizer was holding the shivering girl close to her, possessively, as if daring anyone to try and steal her away.
"Okay, why is it freezing in here?" Daina asked hoping to change the subject and also because she was cold.
"Somebody turned on the air conditioning. Why would they do that?" Piper asked.
Prue gave the man an accusing look while he returned it with an angered expression.
"I'm out of here." Cole groaned as he headed for the door.
Phoebe watched him helplessly as she chased after him while Kit came over to Daina, rubbing her head against the girl's leg to comfort her.
"Cole, Cole, I am so sorry. It's just we've all been under so much pressure lately." Phoebe apologized when she stopped him outside.
"I'm just glad it wasn't you who did this to me. For the kid's sake, I won't tell anyone about this. It wouldn't be right to ruin her life." Cole said before he then walked off.
Anger filled the prophet as she turned back to the door, finding a package lying up next to it, so she grabbed it and then stormed into the house to see Piper was hugging the girl closely while Daina clung to her.
"How could you? How far are you going to let this obsession go, Prue?" Phoebe asked as she set the package down.
"Phoebe, listen." Prue held her hands up.
"No, I'm not gonna listen Prue! You didn't nearly catch a demon; you nearly killed a district attorney. My district attorney! And what's worst, you risked Daina being taken away from us!" Phoebe yelled.
"How do you know we didn't catch a demon? I mean, think about it, Phoebe. He is always around when something is going on. I mean, look at tonight." Prue insisted.
"You're right. He's a plant trying to get close to me so he can kill us. Now is everyone a demon, Prue? You are crazy right now!" Phoebe snapped.
"Prue you have got to stop this." Daina spoke up as she pulled out of Piper's arms.
Prue looked over at the girl to see her eyes had turned into a blazing golden color, smoldering in anger and hurt.
"You are too dangerous to be around. I mean, what if it wasn't Cole who walked into that trap? What if it was me? You could have killed me for Kami's sake! This obsession of yours is driving everyone up the wall. So knock it off before you get us all killed!" Daina yelled letting her anger out.
Phoebe walked over and held her baby sister as she panted from the yelling, letting some of her anger out, but she was still burning inside with her anger.
The telekinetic stared into those golden eyes sadly and in hurt as she realized the real dangers she had put the girl in if the Radiance was showing itself like this as if to warn her off.
"Prue, you have a lovely package from Sean. It looks like flowers. Pretty nice for a guy you've blown off twice." Piper said as she read the note on the package.
Prue turned her attention to it and lifted the lid off only to gasp in disgust when she saw the roses were dead and had maggots crawling all over them.
"Oh, that's disgusting! Look out, look out, look out!" Piper placed the lid back on and ran to the door to throw the box out.
"There's your demon, Prue. I'm going to call Morris." Phoebe said as she stormed into the kitchen to call Darryl.
Daina shook her head at Prue as she crossed her arms, rubbing at them to try and stay warm.
Grunting, Piper kicked the box away and then closed the door as she walked back over to her sisters.
"Piper, that doesn't really make any sense. I mean, I cannot believe I hurt that guy that badly." Prue said.
"Darryl says it only takes a small thing to set them off. Maybe the girls are right. Maybe you're not seeing the reality." Piper said.
"Piper, my instincts are almost always right. I have to trust them." Prue insisted.
"You have to trust them and I'm not saying that I shouldn't, but Prue, there are other evils in the world and some of them are even human." Piper said and then walked off.
Sighing, Prue looked over at Daina and felt her guilt consume her at the sight of the girl dressed in her pajamas shivering.
"Sweetie, I am so sorry, but I was trying to keep you all safe." She insisted as she walked over and took her hands.
"I know, but you should've talked to us first. We're family. I mean, I don't get the whole family dynamic thing, but I do know that you should have talked this through with us so we could solve this together better." Daina said.
"I know and you're right. I'm sorry." Prue then pulled her into a hug that Daina returned as her gold eyes returned to their normal chocolate color.
"Baka onee-san." Daina muttered in a joking tone.
"You're calling me dumb, aren't you?" Prue asked.
"Hai." Daina chirped making Prue chuckle as she squeezed the girl tighter in her arms making her giggle.
"All right, let's go change into some warmer clothes and then go up to the attic so we can figure things out together. I need my textbook with me." Prue joked as she pulled back, mirth shining in her jade eyes.
Daina stuck her tongue out at the textbook comment as the two sisters went upstairs to change into warmer clothing while Piper and Phoebe went around the house closing the windows, Phoebe slamming them shut in her rage.
After changing out of her dress, Prue went into the attic to find Daina had a sweater on and was staring at Prue's copy of the human grudge list, looking over the names of her friends, co-workers, ex-boyfriends and men she recently dated.
The telekinetic walked over to the window and closed it before she locked it, then turned to look at the door when she heard it creak open and Daina looked up curiously.
"What was that?" the Keeper asked.
"I'm not sure." Prue shook her head.
They both kept silent as they listened around for any other sounds, even looking for Kit.
The sound of glass breaking made them jump when Prue looked down to see she had stepped on a piece of glass since the mirror had been broken and she bent down to pick it up.
Seeing some sort of strange reflection, Daina narrowed her eyes at the mirror when she saw the cloudy figure of a man.
Prue also noticed it when she turned her head and looked over to where the man was and flung her arm, sending the man flying into the wall as he returned to normal form.
Getting up, he jumped at Prue and sent her onto the floor and they started to wrestle as Daina stood up and ran over to where she had dropped the baseball bat and grabbed it.
Running over, she whacked the man in the face with the bat sending him back into the crystal circle and Prue quickly got up, grabbing the final crystal and set it in place.
Electric currents rushed up and latched around the demon's neck, shocking him as he screamed in pain, the lights in the house crackling and surging.
Watching this for a few seconds, Prue pulled the crystal away as Leo, Piper and Phoebe ran into the room, staring at the demon in confusion.
"I want you to tell me everything you know about the Triad. Who they are, what their plans are. Answer me." Prue demanded as the demon panted for breath.
"You'll get nothing from me, witch." The demon hissed.
"Baka youkai." Daina rolled her eyes.
Prue slammed the crystal in place electrocuting the demon once again for a few seconds before removing it, the demon panting to try and get his breath back.
"I…am…Troxa. But I am not the only agent the Triad has sent after you. There is another. His name is BelthazOOOORRR!"
Troxa was cut off when a hole opened up under his and flames engulfed his body, pulling him down into the Underworld and then the hole closed making Prue jump up.
"All right, what the hell happened?" she asked Leo.
"The Triad." Leo said.
"Wait, so they know where we live now?" Phoebe asked.
"No, they know where he is or was. All that matters is he's gone." Piper said.
"You were right, Prue. I owe you a big apology." Phoebe looked over to the raven.
"I'm sorry I doubted you, but I was worried-"
"It's all right. Let's just, uh, let's look him up." Prue cut Piper off.
The group all walked over to the Book and started to leaf through it, finding the demon they wanted.
"'Troxa, an invisible demon whose weakness is that his ectoplasmic biochemistry is sensitive to cold, may become partially visible'." Piper read.
"Wait a second. So if someone hadn't turned on the AC, opened up all the windows and made it freezing in here, we never would have seen him." Prue frowned.
"Yeah, but who did it? Leo?" Daina asked as the sisters looked at the clueless White Lighter.
"I don't know anything about it at all." Leo shook his head.
"Does that mean we have another Guardian Angel?" Phoebe asked.
"Well I hope so, from what I've heard about Belthazor, we're gonna need all the help we can get." Leo said.
"What do you mean?" Piper asked.
"Well, he's infamous. He's a demonic soldier of fortune. He's one of the most evil, vile creatures there is." Leo informed them.
Prue flipped through the Book until she came upon the page that had a demon with red skin and black tribal markings on his face and bald head and his ears were pointed.
"Holy moly, he looks like one of the youkai from Japanese stories or even an oni." Daina blinked at the image.
"Wait, that's the demon we saw trying to take the Book of Shadows a couple of weeks ago." Phoebe pointed at the picture.
"So Troxa's right. There's somebody else out there to get us." Piper said.
"Well, at least now we know who he is." Prue said.
"We're safe for now so I'm gonna take this rare opportunity to get a good night's sleep." Piper sighed.
"Well, I'll go find out what I can about Belthazor. Enjoy your candy." Leo said as Piper walked over to him.
"Thanks." She said and pecked his lips.
Leo then smiled at the girls as he orbed out and Piper walked out of the attic.
"Finally, I can sleep in peace!" Daina threw her arms up happily.
"Night sweetie." Phoebe chuckled as the girl skipped out of the attic.
Kit followed after her, the girl jumping into bed happily as the cat jumped up after her and curled up near her head as the girl closed her eyes, falling asleep as Phoebe came into the room, smiling at her.
She then changed into her pyjamas and then crawled into bed with her little sister, holding her gently as to keep warm.
(The next morning…)
"I've got to meet with Marvelous 3 this afternoon so I need to get some stuff ready. Can I drop you off?" Piper asked Phoebe who was folding the paper.
Daina was sitting at the counter eating her breakfast, looking well rested from her night of sleep.
"Hello? Anybody home?" Piper caught the distracted prophet's attention.
"Uh, yeah, I was just-just thinking there are still so many loose ends. I mean the broken mirrors, the AC, the open windows, the dead flowers, the stuff that's missing." Phoebe counted off.
"Are you obsessing now? It's over we were wrong." Piper said.
"No, I know, but those aren't demonic things. They're things that a stalker might do like what Morris said." Phoebe said.
"Well, you told him about Sean. He'll figure it out." Piper said.
"Wait, I just thought of something." Daina placed her fork down making the sisters look at her.
"What is it?" Piper asked.
"The locks. They weren't jimmied, but they were picked. Why would a demon pick a lock when they can just shimmer into a room like the ones that came after me did?" Daina asked.
Phoebe looked thoughtful as she then turned her attention on Piper who was playing with Daina's hair.
"Um, where's our copy of the grudge list that we made for Morris?" Phoebe asked.
"I left it at the club. Why?" Piper asked.
"I want to look it over again." Phoebe said.
"Okay, let's go. Is Prue still sleeping?" Piper asked.
"Her bed is made and her car is not here." Phoebe reported.
"Well, maybe she took her pictures to 415." Piper suggested.
"That's weird. Wouldn't she normally tell us when she's leaving?" Daina furrowed her brow.
"It's also really early. Is 415 even open yet?" Phoebe checked her watch.
"I'm gonna call her." She said grabbing the cordless and dialed the number.
The phone rang as the sisters waited to see when Prue would pick up, all three finding it strange that she hadn't answered yet.
"It's me, I'm just checking in. where are you?" Phoebe asked when Prue answered.
"Hello, Prue, I can barely hear you." Phoebe said.
"She sounds fine." Phoebe hung up the phone.
"Okay." Piper said.
The two sisters grabbed their gloves and scarves, Piper grabbing a coat since Phoebe had a sweater on, then the two older sisters kissed the younger goodbye.
"If there's any trouble, call us." Piper said.
"Gee, I get attacked by one werewolf, some freak and then wake up to find a human caught in a demon trap and now I'm not trusted to be home alone." Daina pouted.
Phoebe chuckled as the sisters then left while Daina stayed seated as she continued eating her food as Kit jumped up onto the table.
"Why do I have a feeling you're not an ordinary cat?" she leaned her head into her palm.
Kit simply looked at her and reached her paw out at the bacon while Daina rolled her eyes and picked the cat up in her arms.
"Okay, let's get you some food." She said as she stepped off the stool.
Suddenly, crashing was heard from the basement making Daina turn to the closed door curiously.
"This house doesn't happen to have ghosts in it does it?" she asked.
There was shrieking as more things seemed to crash and glass shattered making Daina set Kit down and then run over to the door, throwing it open to find Prue running up the stairs, her eyes covered in red burns.
"Prue!" Daina called as she ran down and grabbed her sister's hands.
"It's Abbey! She's the stalker." Prue cried making Daina look over to see the bartender of P3 was dressed in Prue's missing shirt, Gram's necklace and had a brown wig on.
Abbey pulled out a gun making Daina gasp as she pulled the telekinetic out of the basement, running off to hide in the house.
"I knew there was something wrong with that psycho redhead. No one that smart would work as a bartender." Daina cried as she reached for the phone only for Abbey to fire a shot at the phone, breaking it.
The Keeper ran off, hauling her sister who seemed to have a hard time seeing as they ran around the house.
They hid in in a closet, staying silent as they listened for the footsteps, Abbey walking around holding the gun up as she prepared to shoot whoever she saw.
She seemed to have spotted them from the crack in the door and held the gun at the door, walking over while Prue astral projected behind her.
"Hey, over here." She called.
Abbey screamed as she turned and shot at her, the bullets going through Prue's astral form as it flashed with red light and disappeared making Abbey's eyes go wide.
"Hey freak, I'm over here now." Astral Prue appeared to Abbey's right making the redhead shoot at her as the astral form faded away.
"Come out here!" Abbey yelled.
Prue then woke up as she stood up and charged at Abbey, knocking her down onto the floor as they fought for the gun.
Daina then ran out as Prue stood up, reaching out and the Keeper took her hands, pulling her away as Abbey got and threw herself at the sisters, pushing them both into the entrance of the living room, sending them down.
Prue hit Abbey in the face, then grabbed Daina, pulling her away as the girl started to take the lead, going to the kitchen since the front entrance was blocked.
Abbey then reloaded her gun and ran into the kitchen after them, holding her gun up and shot at the duo, both gasping when the bullet was then frozen.
Piper and Phoebe had made it home just in time to save their sisters, both finding out about Abbey from Darryl and a premonition.
"Oh, thank Kami-sama." Daina sighed as she and Prue fell back onto the counter in relief.
Phoebe ran over to them while Piper pointed at Abbey in annoyance with a growl and then moved the bullet so it wouldn't hit anyone when it unfroze and then went over to her sisters.
"We're here." Phoebe comforted.
"It's gonna be okay. Everything's gonna be great as soon as I fire her." Piper pointed at Abbey with a growl.
Prue flung her arm sending Abbey flying into the cabinet, knocking her out.
"Okay." Piper sighed.
"Nice shot." Daina whistled.
"Feel better now?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah, I'm getting there." Prue nodded as her sisters hugged her.
"Shake it off." Piper said.
Later on, Darryl came to arrest Abbey, putting her away for stalking, breaking and entering, kidnapping and attempted murder, then Prue was taken to the hospital to have her eyes checked to make sure there was no permanent damage when Abbey shoved her face into the tub of the chemical for the photos.
When everything was finished a few days later, Leo and Piper stayed at home while Prue and Phoebe took Daina out to check on the club and watch Marvelous 3 perform.
A new bartender was hired, this one was a woman as well and she was also very kind.
She then brought the three sisters their drinks and handed them over with smile.
"Here you go." She said.
"Thanks. Um, Rachel, can I ask you a question?" Prue asked.
"Yeah." Rachel chirped.
"Are you happy?" Prue asked.
"Extremely." Rachel answered though she was confused by the question.
"Boyfriend, any career goals?" Prue asked.
Daina and Phoebe shared amused looks as they sipped their drinks knowing their sister decided to be more cautious around everyone.
"Engaged." Rachel chuckled as she showed off the white gold ring with the diamond on her finger.
"Yeah, I'm only doing this until I get my master's in education. Then I'm gonna be a teacher." She explained.
"Oh, that is just so excellent. Thank you." Prue said as she pulled out a twenty dollar bill and placed it in the cup of tips.
"Thanks." Rachel smiled as she went back to work.
"You know, you can never be too careful with demons or mortals." Prue said.
"Amen." Daina said making Phoebe chuckle.
"So rumour has it Leo is installing an alarm system in the house?" Phoebe questioned.
"Yeah, I know and we're gonna have to lock the doors and do all that other responsible stuff that women should do in the big city." Prue said.
"And finally get me a key of my own." Daina said.
"I agree and we're gonna have to watch out for Belthazor." Phoebe said.
"Yes, I agree." Prue nodded and then looked over to the entrance.
Daina looked over to see Cole was walking into the club, searching the sea of people for a certain blonde dressed in a red dress.
"But first I think you should kinda watch out for him." Prue advised making Phoebe look over to see Cole.
"You don't like him do you?" Phoebe asked.
"No, I don't." Prue shook her head, but then she saw the sad look on her sister's face.
"…Really know him. Do you?" she asked.
"Um, no, not as well as I'd like to. Actually, you know, I think I'm gonna go see what I can do about that." Phoebe set her drink down.
"Be careful." Prue advised.
"Tell him I say 'hi'." Daina chirped.
Nodding, Phoebe then walked over to Cole as they began talking, then kissed which was the first time they had done so.
"Hey, there's Sean." Daina pointed at the man sitting on the couch alone.
"You gonna be okay here alone?" Prue asked.
"Hey, I'm right where you can see and Darryl made sure I had a rape whistle, air horn and mace. I'm good. Now go flirt. You owe him." Daina pushed her sister off.
Prue kissed her temple and then walked off over to Sean who smiled at her as they got to talking while Daina turned around in her seat, watching the band play.
To be continued…