Charmed World
Chapter 11 – Friend in need.
A few months after the baby scan and Faith is now 5 months pregnant. Chris is happier than ever, Faith is slowly getting there and rest of the family couldn't be happier for them both.
As for Angel, the vampire in the basement, life was what he considered 'normal' at the moment, he went on patrol with Wyatt, helped out with Chris' ever demanding 'danger' list for the baby and Melinda's constant fluctuating moods.
"I'm sick of this, always demon hunting. I can't have a life" complains Melinda as usual
Wyatt grumbles something under his breath and Melinda replies to him with a slap on his arm. "I hate having to fight demons too, but it's who we are" he replies at her slap
"Well I hate being me" she replies solemnly
Wyatt smiles at her and puts his big arm around her neck to which she looks at angrily.
"Look, this is our family and it's our destiny to fight evil. So your just gonna have to deal with it sis" he says kissing her on the cheek.
She smiles lightly as he orbs out, "Yeah but it doesn't mean I have to like it" she says to no one.
As she walks out of the kitchen, the mini tv flashes and a woman's face appears on the screen, her hands on the screen, her eyes follow Melinda out the door with a look of fear and disappointment. She shouts, but nothing can be heard. She turns around in fright and fades away into the darkness...
Somewhere in Cardiff, Wales, two men are in the living room of their new house.
"How are we gonna get her back Mitchell?" asks a man with glasses
"I don't know George. But Annie is strong....she'll find a way back to us" replies the other man
"But you know what that place is like....they won't let her keep appearing to us. Eventually they'll get her and she'll have to cross over" says George panicking a little
"Will you calm down mate. Look, she's a fighter and knowing Annie, she'll be avoiding them at all costs. I just wish I knew how to get to her. If only I knew some witches here in Britain, they would be able to get her"
"Witches? Oh come on Mitchell. Like witches are real" scoffs George
"What so we can exist but Witches can't?" retorts Mitchell in his Irish accent
"Witches are real? Like real real?" asks George
"Yes."
"Do they have hooked noses, black cats and fly on broomsticks with their black conical hats cackling away?" he asks hopefully
"No, that just a stereotype. Now, the last Witch I met was in San Francisco in the late 60's, but she wasn't exactly helpful when her mother told her I was a vampire. She tried to vanquish me"
"Vanquish you?"
"Yeah witches call killing 'vanquishing' for some stupid reason."
"So what happened?"
Flashback
"You're a Vampire?" asks a woman in her early teens
"Yeah, but Patty come on" says Mitchell taking her hand
"Let go of me. My mother was right about you. Stay away from me or I swear next time I see you, I'll vanquish you" says Patty walking away
Flash to another scene in the original Manor*
"I warned you" says Patty getting up from the couch when she sees Mitchell walk in
"Patty please" says Mitchell reaching towards her
Patty waves her hands and Mitchell freezes in place. She runs up stairs to the Book of Shadows sitting on it's podium. She flips open the book to the page about Vampires and quickly skims it and finds out that wood through the heart, decapitation or fire destroys one. She picks up a chair and throws it, it breaks and she picks up a piece of the broken wood. She runs back downstairs to find that Mitchell has left the place she froze him in.
"SAM!" shouts Patty and her whitelighter orbs in
"What is it Patty?"
Just as she goes to speak, Mitchell appears behind Sam and hits him over the head, he falls unconscious.
"God I hate Angels" he says, his eyes as dark as night
Patty lunges at him with the stake, it pierces his flesh and narrowly misses his heart. He gasps in pain and falls to the floor.
At that moment, Patty's mum Penny comes in through the front door.
"Oh thank god. I thought you were never going to vanquish him" she says walking up to them
"Oh this is your fault you old hag!" groans Mitchell holding the stake in his chest
"You missed his heart dear" says Penny
She uses her Telekinesis on the stake and it flies out of Mitchell, he screams in pain. She then waves her hand and the stake makes its way back to him. Mitchell rolls out of the way and the stake hits were he was planted before.
Mitchell get up and smiles at Patty before running busting out of the sun room's full length windows.
Penny sighs as Mitchell gets away.
"SAM!" shouts Penny when she sees him on the floor.
"Oh what happened?" He asks getting up
"Well a vampire nearly tore my daughter apart while you slept on the floor" she says walking back over to comfort her daughter.
"Don't worry dear. One day you'll find a nice man, even though its impossible to find such a thing. But you'll meet a man one day" says Penny comforting her
End Flash
"Wow. Patty sounds nice" says George
"She was. I liked her a lot, but it wouldn't have worked...A witch and a Vampire? Her mother was right though, I never did make anything good of my life" says Mitchell
George sits and looks at one of his best friends. Annie was always the one who did the comforting..even if she was a ghost. The three of them lived together and dealt with their issues together like a family, this is what made them human on some insane level. But ever since Annie had been taken into Limbo by the spirit world, she couldn't speak to them as she wanted. George and Mitchell missed her so much, her laugh, smile, warm presence in the house always. They had been trying to get her back for a few months now, George had made contact with some other Werewolves to see if they knew how to rescue her, but was told no one could get to the spirit world. Mitchell had used up all of the contacts he had made in his Vampiric lifetime to no avail either.
"What are we gonna do?" asks George
"We're going to San Francisco. I'm gonna go see Patty, she's a witch. She could summon Annie from the spirit world"
"Oh yeah sure, let's get out our unlimited supply of cash and get tickets to America shall we?" says George in his usual sarcastic tone
"If we don't try this we could lose Annie forever and I don't want to spend the rest of my eternity with a werewolf as my only friend....no offence meant"
"Oh none taken" says George rolling his eyes
"OK, come on I know a fella at the airport" says Mitchell
George sighs and gets up and he follows Mitchell out.
Back in San Francisco, Angel and Faith are in the basement discussing baby names for her baby.
"If it's a boy I'll name it after you" says Faith
"I don't think Angel is suitable. You know what kids are like today" replies Angel smiling
"I meant your human name. I think Liam is nice." she says
"Wow, I haven't heard that name in years"
"I think I should name it Liam" she says
"Faith....I know, I can hear it" he says smiling
"What?"
"I'm a vampire, I have super hearing so I know" he says
"Don't say anything to anyone. Only Chris knows, not Wyatt or Melinda or the rest of the family"
"I won't" he says
"Ok, so baby names. If it's a girl I was thinking maybe Robin or something"
"That's nice" smiles Angel and the two continue to talk about baby names, Chris, Magic, life and other things for a few hours.
It's now around 9pm and Melinda is just leaving Magic (her mum's restaurant). As she picks up her car keys, she catches a woman's face looking at her from the screen in the main dining area. She looks at Melinda and shouts 'HELP!" silently at her. Melinda thinks she is seeing things and shakes her head, blinking her eyes rapidly and when she stares back at the screen, the woman is gone.
"Gotta get more sleep" says Melinda to herself
She walks out to the car park and gets into her car. As she starts it up, the radio comes on and woman calls out for help. "What the hell?" says Melinda trying to turn it off
"Please help me...name is Annie....George and Mitchell" says Annie, her English voice crackly and cutting in and out
"What?" asks Melinda
"Get...Mitchell...George...looking...Patty" she replies
"Patty?"
"...Coming for me....HELP!" shouts the woman before a dark laugh is heard and then the radio cuts out before turning back on to a radio station
"What the hell?" asks Melinda before speeding out of the car park and back home
Melinda parks her car and enters the house to see Angel walking down the stairs without a shirt on, dripping wet.
Melinda stares at him, he attempts to cover himself, even though he is shielded by a towel. She stares at him, her mouth open as she stares at his firm body. Just then Wyatt and Chris orb in.
"Hey sis, hey Angel" says Chris without so much as batting an eye
Wyatt stands next to Melinda and looks at Angel. "Wow" he says as he looks over the wet stud "Ok, going now" says Angel and speed walks downstairs and heads towards the basement.
"For goodness sake you two" says Chris
"What?" they both say
"Staring at him like a piece of meat." says Chris
"Jealous are we?" says Wyatt
"Of what? Him?" says Chris
"Yeah, him and his good looks and great body" says Melinda and heads up stairs
"Wait, you think he's better looking than me? I have a good body to you know!" he shouts upstairs
Wyatt smiles and follows Melinda and Chris hangs his head and runs upstairs after them. Entering the attic, Chris is still questioning Melinda about comparisons before he finally stops when he realises she is at the book.
"What are you doing?" he asks
"Something really weird happened to me when I was leaving the restaurant. I turned on my car and this woman called out over the radio..."
"Well it is a radio" says Wyatt
"If you'd let me finish smart ass you would know this wasn't ordinary"
"Sorry" he says
"Anyways, this woman called out for help...then she said something about two guys called George and Mitchell and then she mentioned 'looking for Patty' so I'm figuring they're looking for grandma"
"Grandma?" says Chris
"Yeah so I'm gonna summon her to see if she knows anything"
"Ok, Candles" says Chris and 6 blue and white candles appear in a circle
"Hear these words, hear my cry. Spirit from the other side, come to me I summon thee, cross now the great divide" rhymes Melinda
A cold wind blows for a second before in a swirl of orbs, a beautiful woman appears smiling.
"Hey kids" she says
"Grandma" says Wyatt smiling and walks towards the candles.
She walks out of the candles and become solid, she cuddles Wyatt and then Chris and Melinda.
"God you've all got big"
"Grandma we saw you like two weeks ago" says Melinda smiling
"Whatever" she says
The three of them laugh before Patty looks at them. "So how's Faith?" she asks Chris
"She's good, big of course. She's visiting some Slayers in New York"
"Ok. So what can I do for you guys?" asks Patty
"Grandma, a woman came to me over the radio and she asked for help. She mentioned your name and two guys were looking for you...George and Mitchell"
"Wait, Mitchell. Mitchell is looking for me?"
"Yeah. The woman's name is Annie"
"Oh yeah, I've heard of her." says Patty sitting down
"Well who is she?" asks Melinda sitting next to her
"She's a ghost. When she was alive, she found out that her husband was cheating and he killed her by pushing her downstairs when she confronted him about it. When she became a ghost, she met two people and became friends with them. One of them is a Werewolf, George and Mitchell is a Vampire. Now, she only died about two years ago, but because she refuses to cross over into the next life, she's gained a reputation among the spirit world."
"So you know Mitchell and George?" asks Chris
"Well I've never met George, but when I was a teenager, I met Mitchell and dated him for a while. But before you say anything, I didn't know he was a Vampire until your grams told me. I tried to vanquish him, but he got away from us. Grams tried to kill him to, but he was too fast. I guess it wasn't his destiny to die back then" she says staring into the distance, clearly thinking about Mitchell.
Chris and Wyatt are smiling at Patty, she clears her throat when she sees them smiling.
"Anyway, from what we heard in the afterlife, Annie was captured by Soul Ferriers. They're dark beings who ferry souls to dark dimensions in exchange for alliances and powers. Now, Annie is a powerful spirit. She mastered her ghost powers in a few hours and that is something that takes a normal ghost years to accomplish. A year ago, she crossed through into the the ghostly plane to prepare herself to enter the next plane, but she left it when her friends were in danger and now because of this, the dark souls captured her"
"Just because she left the ghostly plane and didn't cross over?" says Wyatt
"Yes. But now because Annie is stuck in a dark dimension, she can't cross over to you in spirit form, she can only communicate through electrical devices when she has a chance to do so. I'm guessing that Mitchell and George are coming to look for me because Mitchell knows I'm a witch...or was. He obviously doesn't know that I died" she says
"But why would he want a witch?" asks Chris
"Because we can summon spirits from anywhere, no matter what dimension they're in. Our powers aren't limited by dimensional walls... well the power to summon spirits isn't. But Mitchell knows that there are Ghost Whisperers out there so I don't know why he doesn't ask one of them to help him"
"I'm sorry what's a Ghost Whisperer?" asks Melinda
"Mortals who have the power to see and speak to spirits. They have empathy with ghosts and people's pain. Basically, they help ghosts with their unfinished issues, to communicate with their families before they cross over" replies Patty
"Oh" replies Melinda
"So here's the deal. A Werewolf and Vampire are coming to ask Grandma for help to summon Annie from a dark dimension. Well when we meet them, we can summon Annie and then grandma can say the ghost vanquishing spell if any dark ones appear to get her right?" says Wyatt
"Right" reply the others
Down in the basement, Angel is staring off into the distance as he receives a vision from the powers.
vision
A young woman is summoned before the siblings. She smiles and runs over to two men, one of whom Angel recognises. She cuddles them, tears falling down her face at the joy she has to see them again. Suddenly, a portal opens and three dark figures emerge and hold out their hands, dragging the woman back into their realm, the woman screams as Melinda is dragged too...
End Vision
Angel blinks as the vision ends and runs upstairs to warn Melinda. When he finds them, he greets Patty who smiles at Wyatt when she looks at Angel, before greeting him back. Angel tells them of his vision, Melinda instantly gulps as he tells them of the dark figures.
The next day, Melinda is downstairs in the kitchen with Faith discussing the baby scan that Ava did.
"So did she find anything wrong?" asks Melinda
"Nope, everything's all clear and healthy" replies Faith drinking some tea
"Uh huh...now why do I get the feeling your hiding something from me?" asks Melinda
"No I'm not."
"Please, I'm an Empath...I can feel your emotions. Your confused and a little scared about something."
"It's nothing so drop it" says Faith angrily
"Ok, calm down"
"Sorry." says Faith sincerely
"It's cool." replies Melinda
"I gotta go see Paige about something. See ya later okay?"
Melinda nods her head and watches as Faith goes out the back door. As the door shuts, the front doorbell goes.
"Coming" shouts Melinda running for the door
"Can I help you?" she asks the man with glasses "Um yeah...I'm looking for a woman called Patty" says the man in his English accent
"Mitchell or George?" asks Melinda
"Sorry? How do you know my name?" he says, turning around and back to look at Melinda
"Is Patty here" asks another man appearing from behind a bush
"Um come in" she says beckoning them inside the house
Mitchell nods at George who is looking at him. They enter and Melinda closes the door. Immediately, her Empathy tells her who is who. Mitchell is the tall one with the dark curly hair and the shades, while George is the other awkward one.
"So where is Patty?" asks Mitchell in his Irish accent
"Dead" says Melinda
"What? When did she die?" he asks her with concern
"About 40 years ago. I'm her grandaughter"
"So you know about me?" asks Mitchell
"Yeah. So do you wanna talk to her?" asks Melinda
"Sure, if it's possible" says Mitchell and they follow Melinda upstairs to the attic
"Hear these words hear my cries, Spirit from the other side. Come to me I summon thee, Cross now the great divide" rhymes Melinda
A swirling of lights and Patty appears in the candles. George nearly faints when he sees Patty appearing. "Umm...h...how did she come?" he asks
"Witchcraft" replies Melinda
"Patty, oh my god. Your still as beautiful as ever" says Mitchell
"Sweet talking me will not work Mitchell. You lied to me, you let me think I loved you and then your a Vampire" says Patty with a little anger
"I'm sorry Patty, for everything..."
"Save it Mitchell. We know what it is you want. Annie right?" says Patty
"How'd you know about Annie?" asks George
"She came to me earlier asking for help" replies Melinda
"Oh. Well how do we save her?" asks George "Me and my brothers will summon her from the dark dimension. When she comes, be prepared in case any other spirits appear." says Melinda
"Ok" they both reply
"Chris, Wyatt!" shouts Melinda.
A few seconds pass before they both orb in, Wyatt first and then Chris.
"Wyatt, Chris, this is George and Mitchell" says Melinda introducing everyone.
As usual, Wyatt smiles at Mitchell and George, finding them both attractive.
"Wyatt focus" says Patty clicking her fingers.
"Sorry grandma" says Wyatt
"Hear these words, hear our cry Spirit from the other side, come to me I summon thee, cross now the great divide. Beloved spirit Annie, leave the dark dimension and come before us" chants the siblings
Nothing for a few minutes, George whistles to break the silence. "Shh" says Mitchell at him. A cold wind blows and Annie suddenly appears before them in the candles.
She smiles at them and runs out of the candles, her body instantly solidifies and she cuddles both George and Mitchell for the first time ever. There is a lot of love between them, Melinda smiles and holds her hand to her heart as her empathy kicks in and she feels Annie's love for them and theirs for her.
"I missed you guys so much" says Annie, her arms wrapped around both George and Mitchell's necks
"We missed you too" says Mitchell kissing her neck
As they all cuddle, a portal opens behind Patty. A dark shadow emerges, Melinda feels it.
"GRANDMA, BEHIND YOU!" shouts Melinda turning to see the huge being
Patty quickly spins and freezes it in place. Her power doesn't last as long as she would like as it soon begins to fight the freeze. As is breaks free, it slithers across the floor. It grabs Annie by the hair and drags her backwards.
"Ashes to Ashes, Spirit to Spirit. Take this soul, banish it's Evil!" shouts Patty
The shadow stops in place and squeals a blood curdling squeal before it explodes, freeing Annie from it's grip.
Angel runs up stairs and into the attic. Mitchell looks at him,
"Angelus?"
"Mitchell" nods Angel
"Now's not the time" says Chris Wyatt waves his hand and the portal flickers as if it's about to close, but it opens wider.
"Way to go Wyatt" shouts Melinda
"Well excuse me!" he shouts over the wind now blowing throughout the attic.
Soon, more and more shadows emerge from the portal, some grab Annie and the rest grab Patty.
"HELP!" shouts Patty as the shadows drag her towards the gateway
Wyatt again waves her hand and the portal closes, sealing off the spirits from returning. The shadows drag Patty and Annie around the room as they look for a way out of the manor.
"NOW GRANDMA!" shouts Chris
"Ashes to ashes, spirit to spirit. Take these Souls, Banish their Evil" she shouts while being dragged across the floor
There is a high pitched squealing, causing everyone to hold their ears in pain, before a loud bang and Annie and Patty stop moving.
"Well that was exciting" says George, his glasses barely sitting on his nose
"Tell me about it" says Mitchell, his eyes pitch black and his fangs showing a little
George and Mitchell help up Patty and Annie. Annie again hugs her friends before saying thank you to Patty and the rest of the family.
An hour later,
"Well, I gotta go kids" says Patty
"Aww" says Melinda disappointed
"I know, I know. So Annie, you coming?" asks Patty smiling
George and Mitchell look at her. She looks back at them and smiles.
"Nah, not yet. Gotta keep an eye on these two for a while" she says smiling
"Ok. I'll see you when you do come over" she says smiling
"Bye grandma" says Wyatt
"Blessed Be" says Patty and disappears
Angel is down in the basement when Mitchell comes downstairs.
"Hey Angelus"
"Angelus is gone Mitchell" replies Angel from a corner
"I know. I heard that a witch gave you you're soul back a few years ago"
"Yeah she did."
"So I heard through office gossip you fell for a slayer eh?"
"Yeah I did..Her name was Buffy."
"So why are you here with the new Charmed Ones, instead of being with her?"
"She's in Rome or Scotland or something with Willow and the other slayers. Faith needed my help so I came to help her"
"Another slayer right? Jeez mate, you got a thing for slayers bad don't ya"
Angel is silent while Mitchell looks at him. "It's complicated now" Angel replies
"Why because of Wyatt?" asks Mitchell's
"What?"
"Angel it's obvious he likes you. George can smell it, I can sense it and no doubt you can too"
"I know he does...."
"How come we never got together eh?" asks Mitchell hopefully
"Because you liked Angelus, not me"
"Yeah well if he ever comes back out, tell him to come to Cardiff" smiles Mitchell's
Angel smirks lightly, "Yeah I will"
"Come here mate" says Mitchell and holds out his arms
Angel gets up and hugs his old friend. George, Annie and Wyatt come downstairs and see them hugging. Immediately, Wyatt's face changes from a smile to a sad look, which doesn't go unnoticed by Angel when he looks up to see them standing there.
Mitchell pulls away from Angel and lightly hits his left arm, "See ya mate" he smiles and walks towards the other three.
"So you guys ready to go?" asks Wyatt when Mitchell comes over
"Yeah. Annie are you orbing or phasing there?" asks George
"I'll phase there, it'll be quicker. Nice to meet you Angel" she says and disappears
"See you later Angel" says George and with that, Wyatt orbs them back to Cardiff
Angel stands there thinking about Wyatt. He liked Wyatt too, but was he ready for a relationship with him? More importantly, how would Wyatt react when he found out that Angel still loved Buffy?
That's it for this chapter. Massive thanx to Adrian, my constant muse and source of inspiration.
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