Chapter 23
I WATCHED Phoebe curiously from where I'm sitting on the floor in the conservatory as she finished the potion.
Phoebe looked up, looking at me "It's time to hear the spell" she said with a light smirk. I chuckled "Leo! We've got a Siren to vanquish"
Leo walked in, holding a piece of paper and took a deep breath, starting to read "Oh singing lady of the dusk, who prays on men turns love to lust, we harken ye..."
I bit my lip grinning in amusement as Phoebe interrupted him "We harken ye?" Phoebe repeated, raising a brow amused "What, are we trying to summon a leprechaun here?"
I laughed
"I told you I wasn't very good at this" Leo told her
"Give me that" Phoebe took the spell from him, "It's okay, honey, we'll just rewrite that last line"
Paige orbed in "What's going on? Is it all over?"
"No, you're just in time" Phoebe told her "We have a potion, we have a barricade, we almost have a summoning spell"
"Okay, let's get to it" Paige said
"Wait, where's Melissa?" Leo asked
"Melissa... " Paige hesitated, sheepishly "Well, she got herself arrested" i raised my eyebrows, shocked "I know, I know, I was trying to talk to her and then I was running after and she just kept running and then she ran into the middle of the street and she caused a big giant traffic accident"
"Paige!" Phoebe scolded her
"Well, you know, she'll be safe now... " she said smiling, before her smile faded "in jail"
"Paige, you were supposed to be taking care of her" Leo told her, frustrated before taking a deep breath "Look, don't you get it? This could be the final straw. The beginning of a downward spiral from which she may never recover" He rambled. Phoebe, Paige and I watching him surprised "I'm sorry" He said embarrassed, walking to the living room, sitting on the couch and picking up a pillow hugging it to his chest
We followed behind, standing next to him
"I don't know what's wrong with me" Leo told us, pouting
"Dude, it's the crying thing" Paige told him
"It's the hormones" Phoebe and I told him at the same time
"Really?" Leo raised his eyebrows, surprised "I just thought that was an excuse"
"Welcome to our world" Phoebe told him.
Piper orbed in "What happened to Melissa?" She asked immediately
"Ooh, word travels fast" Paige murmured in awe
"I feel like she's in trouble but I'm getting so many damn signals I can't find her" Piper said. I felt the air shifting, furrowing my eyebrows as I looked around, spotting Phoebe getting distracted and looking around "Wasn't she supposed to be the one charge I didn't have to worry about?"
"Cole..." Phoebe whispered, starting to walk away.
A sting in my forehead told me something was wrong so I stood up, ignoring the others as I followed Phoebe out of the manor, wanting to make sure she was alright.
~8~
I followed Phoebe to an apartment, walking inside with her and getting surprised seeing Cole in the bed with a woman with a dark aura around her, immediately knowing she was the Siren.
The Siren kissed Cole, smoke rising from their mouths before Cole fell back unconscious.
"Cole" Phoebe whispered, looking at him
I stayed behind Phoebe cursing myself for not knowing how to use properly my powers
"He was cute. But this is still my favourite part" The Siren told her smirking before using her power to slam Phoebe against a wall. I gasped startled "Nobody hurts me and gets away with it, you little witch" I raise my hand, wishing for my powers to work on her to kill her. The Siren looked at me, in mock fear before smirking, "Not so fast pretty girl" She slammed me against the wall next to Phoebe as well with her powers. I glared at her. "Now, you won't hurt me either, you can't"
"Wanna bet?" Phoebe threw the potion at the Siren but it disintegrated in midair.
I gaped at the air before we turned to face the bed where a now awake Cole sat down on the bed
"You're alive" The Siren whispered in disbelief "That's not possible"
"Cole, that was the vanquishing potion" Phoebe told him
"I know" He walked over to the Siren "I want her for myself"
The Siren started to smoke out of the room but he grabbed her just in time.
I stared at him, immediately knowing something was wrong. "Phoebe..."
"Do me a favor" Phoebe told him, not hearing me "Make it hurt"
I gulped, realizing my feeling was right when Cole kissed the Siren.
I hate being right.
I glanced at Phoebe in worry
~8~
So we were completely screwed.
I crawled at the Siren's hand around my throat, gasping for air as Cole held Phoebe up by her neck
I glared deeply at The Siren, feeling my eyes glowing purple making her hiss in pain as her arm burned slightly with a purple color "Little bitch" She growled as she squeezed my throat tighter making me groan in pain and dots starting to form around the corner of my eyes, barely hearing Phoebe screaming
"I think he'll come in handy with your sisters and when he ends with you, she'll end this poor little girl" The Siren told her turning to face me. I barely glared at her, but still my powers kicked in, burning her arm painfully. She pulled me higher, my feet no longer touching the floor as I gasped, crawling with both of my hands at the Siren's arm around my throat "You'll pay for that" she growled
Piper and Leo orbed in "Leo, it's all you. But be careful with Kass" Piper told him, noticing me with the Siren
Leo tried to blow up the Siren but was hesitant as he didn't want to hurt me. Because of that, he blew up a vase next to us instead, knocking us out backwards. I coughed, relieved of getting oxygen back through my air waves as I massaged my throbbing throat as I crawled down behind a desk in fear as the others fought in the background.
I whimpered, holding my neck as tears stung behind my eyes, hating myself for how weak I looked.
I could hear the fighting behind me but I didn't dare looking up, afraid.
"Leo, come on now, focus" I heard Piper shouting and something else blowing up. My guess was not the Siren. "Hurry!"
A scream was heard along a explosion and I sighed in relief noticing it was the Siren being vanquished
I leaned against the desk, whimpering as I heard Piper trying to wake Phoebe up. Why? I didn't want to know. "Phoebe, wake up. Come on, come on, wake up. Phoebe"
"Oh, no" I heard Cole say in regret.
"Heal her" Leo told Piper, softly
"What?" Piper asked, getting shocked up
"You can do it" Leo encouraged her
As I wasn't watching, i didn't know what happened but a loud gasp made me realize Piper had healed Phoebe
"Hey, how you doing?" Piper asked
"Phoebe... I didn't mean to. I'm sorry" I heard Cole say before his dark aura faded. I knew he had left.
"Wait. Where's Kassandra?" I heard Leo asking but I didn't move. "She was here"
Piper sniffled, "She's still here. I don't know why, but I can feel her... " She said hesitantly
"Piper? What do you feel?" Leo asked softly
"Fear" Piper replied slowly. I heard footsteps coming closer and I crawled backward even when I looked up meeting Piper's warm and worried eyes "Hey, Kass"
I didn't say anything, staring at her.
Piper lifted her hands, showing she meant no harm, "Let's go home, shall we?"
I sighed, closing my eyes before accepting her hand without hesitation as she pulled me up.
With that, she orbed all of us back to the manor
~8~
I was glad the day was over.
I entered my room at the manor, still holding a hand to my throat having not let anyone heal me (bad move form my part) as I looked into the mirror.
My green eyes seemed tired as I stared at my reflection until my eyes glowed black. I gasped blinking seeing my eyes turning back to their normal green. I gulped, still staring at my reflection and I leaned closer, this time my eyes glowing a bright white.
"What the hell?" I whispered blinking back and seeing my mundane green eyes, "It's because I'm tired" I said to myself with a light chuckle, turning away from the mirror. "Yeah, that's it"
I sighed, looking up and tilting my head aside and narrowing my eyes "What if...." I closer my eyes, picturing myself on my bed before my body tingled and a light purple light surrounded me as I orbed easily.
I opened my eyes when the tingling left and I frowned in confusion seeing I wasn't where I was before closing my eyes. I whirled around, seeing the mirror in front of me and I grinned looking down seeing I was next to my bed.
"Not bad" I said out loud, grinning "So, I just needed a good scare to active my whitelighter powers" I summarized, nodding to myself before closing my eyes and orbing to the wall where the switcher was. I opened my eyes, chuckling and turned the light off before orbing back to my bed with a bad landing I gotta say before getting inside the to go to sleep
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