Chapter 4: Good Created By Evil
The cloaked girl cautiously walked toward the fallen sister. "Don't your dare!" Prue stood up. Phoebe joined her, but Leo stayed by the lifeless body of his fiancée.
The girl stopped and stared at the two remaining Charmed Ones. Looking from one sister to the other.
"Do you want your sister to live?"
Phoebe changed her position as if she was about to lunge at the girl, but Prue held her back.
"She's already dead."
The girl took a deep breath and gathered all her feelings, making herself neutral. She didn't think that dealing with the Charmed Ones would be so difficult.
"Do you want your sister alive, then?"
"What can you do?" Prue didn't know who the girl was, but she would do all that she was capable of to stop the intruder. Prue had already lost a loved one from the powers of a demon and now Piper was gone. The pain inside her was unbearable beyond words, but she did all she could to keep that pain from interfering with what she had to do.
The girl became more and more restless as the two sisters prevented her from getting any closer to Piper. She had the power to save her, but that power would be useless in a few minutes. Feeling that time had gone on for long enough, she shimmered over to where Piper lay, holding out her hands as Leo had recently done. She closed her eyes and felt Piper's fleeing spirit, almost too far for her to reach. She reached out with her mind for it. Pulling it back inside the lifeless body. Using all her strength to undo what she had done.
Breathless, the girl slid slightly away, unable to finish the healing. She looked over at Leo.
"The rest is up to you!"
Leo quickly placed his hands over Piper's chest. Not sure that he actually saw what he saw. Did the same girl that killed Piper really bring her back to life? How could someone have so much power and at such a young age?
With one long wheeze of air, Piper opened her eyes and looked up at Leo. Prue and Phoebe rushed over to her in disbelief. "I told you…I could save her!" The girl was still breathless and could barely hold herself up.
Piper looked over at her. She remembered the pain she felt as her life was being drained out. She sat up and froze her.
"Take that!"
The sisters looked at Piper and then at Leo, unsure of what to do. The girl that had just killed their middle sister had just brought her back to life again.
"Would you stop doing that!" The girl said releasing herself from Piper's powers.
"Who are you?" Prue asked sternly. Hoping that she wouldn't have to ask that question again. She was beginning to feel like a broken record.
"My name is Allanna. I need your help."
Piper rolled her eyes.
"Some way to ask for it!"
Allanna lowered her head. She really didn't mean to hurt them. She wouldn't have attacked them had she known that they were the Charmed Ones. Leo confused her. She was only told that there were three of them. When she saw four…
"Please…I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. Sometimes my demon side takes over. If I had known…"
"What do you want from us?" Prue interrupted, still not trusting Allanna.
"Your part demon?" A picture of Cole flashed in Phoebe's mind. Ignoring Prue, Allanna turned to Phoebe. She saw the image in the younger sister's mind and smiled.
"Cole..."
Phoebe's expression changed at the sound of his name. She wondered if Allanna knew that Cole was still alive, and if she did, would she spread the news? The thought worried Phoebe. "I'm from the future." Allanna finally informed the sisters and their Whitelighter. "I know Cole, only because…well…we're related. As I am related to all of you, but not as you would think. You see…I wasn't born…I was created." Allanna swallowed hard, gathering her strength back and sat up straighter. She could feel the confusion in the room and knew that she better explain herself more clearly.
"What do you mean…created?"
"Take the blood of a Witch, the soul of a Whitelighter, and the mind of a demon. Put them together...
"An alchemist?"
"Coganta! A very evil and powerful Warlock. Unlike any that have ever existed. His plan was to create the most powerful Witch alive...to do evil. He created me...the blood of the Charmed One's, the soul of their Whitelighter, and the mind of..."
"Cole!"
Allanna smiled at Phoebe.
"Balthazar to be more precise!"
"If you're evil, then why have you asked US to help?" Prue loosened her tension a bit, but was still prepared to attack at any moment.
"I'M NOT EVIL!" Allanna yelled, her eyes glowing red again. She hated hearing that word. She hating being evil. All she ever wanted was to live a normal life.
"Just how powerful are you? I mean, you shimmer, you bring back the dead, and somehow you keep unfreezing yourself. Any more powers we should no about?" Piper was getting a little annoyed at Allanna…and Phoebe for wanting to bring the girl here.
"All your powers, your present ones and your future ones. As well as yours Leo...and Cole's. Plus my own. I can freeze, astral project, fly, shimmer, deflect, receive and create premonitions, move things, make things appear by thinking of them, drain powers...my own specialty...."
"Drain powers?!?! You drained my life!"
"Again I apologize!"
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After some time and thought, the sisters agreed that Allanna really did mean them no harm, but still they didn't trust her much. They listened to her tale and explanation of Phoebe's premonitions and agreed to travel to Allanna's present to help. "You've dealt with The Source before, right?"
"Yes!" The sister cried in unison.
Allanna walked around the living room, staring at pictures and other things that lay about. She couldn't believe how similar the Manor looked to the one in her present. The sisters sat on the couch and Leo stood, leaning against the doorframe.
"Well, Coganta is as just as powerful. Probably even more so. Somehow, he brought back all vanquished demons and Warlocks in hopes that he can create a world of pure evil. I was supposed to lead them…but I never turned evil. I had too much good in me. Instead, my cousins and I tried to fight them off, but they were to powerful for us."
"You want us to help you fight?" Prue wondered. "If twelve Witches died in the attempt to vanquish a mob of evil, then what good would three more do?"
"No, I need you to vanquish Coganta...before he releases the evil. It's the only way to stop them."
The sisters looked over at Leo, in hopes that he could find a good reason to talk them out of this.
"I don't know. I mean...why don't you just ask the Charmed One's in your time?" It was the only thing that Leo could think of.
"I can't!" Allanna didn't want to tell the Charmed One's the whole story. She was afraid that it might make them change their mind about helping her. "Will you help me?"
The sisters thought for a moment, but eventually nodded their heads in agreement. After all, it wouldn't be the first time that they traveled to the future.
Leo watched as Allanna walked over to the sisters and recited her incantation. Shortly after they were gone. He sighed, hoping that they knew what they were doing. What they were getting themselves into. If only he could go with them. Protect them, as is his job.
"Dad?"
Leo turned around to face a beautiful young woman with dark silky brown hair and average features. She was at least in her early twenties and reminded Leo much of Piper in many ways. Had she called him dad?
"Dad? What are you doing here?" She had a lovely smile. Almost identical to Piper's. "I was just on my way to p3. I really wish that you would stop orbing in and out of here like you do. I suppose my work can wait, though."
Leo didn't know what to say. He had never felt so confused in his life.
"Ah...you go do you work!"
"Ok! Make yourself comfortable. I'll be back shortly." She kissed him lightly on the cheek and exited the Manor.
Leo watched her leave. Confusion still building up inside of him. What was going on?
"I guess I should have been more clear, huh!" Allanna looked over at Leo from the stair that she sat upon.
"What's going on?"
"Welcome to the future, Leo!"
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