Post by StoryGirl83 on Mar 19, 2011 0:48:35 GMT -5
Charmed: Heritage
Episode 1X14 – When Two Wrongs Make a Right
Episode 1X14 – When Two Wrongs Make a Right
Chapter One – Dinner For Five
Thu, Apr 22, 2027
The main room at The Manor was almost full. At one table five people in their mid-twenties sat looking at menus. One of them was Akalia Wilkinson, a wide eyed young woman with black hair and almost white skin. She looked up from her menu to inquire of the young man across the table from her. “I see no sea food here. Do they sell sea food, Be . . . CT?”
CT Bennett was a few years her senior with mid-ranged brown hair and brown eyes to match. His skin, though not dark, was darker than Aka’s. He sighed as he responded to her question. “Do you have to be so difficult, Aka?”
A second young man, Max Keegan, dropped his menu to the table and glared at Aka with yellow eyes. A forked tongue slid across his lips. “Forget it, CT. Akalia never makes things easy.”
The other young woman at the table, Brianna McInnis, a curly haired redhead with green eyes smiled, amused at Toby Edmunds, the remaining young man. Toby had straight black hair, tanned skin, and amber eyes.
Noticing the look CT focused his gaze on the two. “Say it.”
“Say what?” Brianna asked, looking at him quite innocently.
“I don’t know,” CT admitted, “but whatever it is, just say it, Brianna.”
“Waiter headed this way,” Aka informed them, forestalling whatever Brianna would have said.
The other four all turned to see Chris Halliwell walking toward them in something that resembled a waiter’s uniform. He moved to stand behind Toby. “Hello, I’m Chris. I’ll be your waiter for the evening. Is everyone ready to order?”
“I want sea . . .” Aka began before Brianna reached to her left and covered Aka’s mouth.
“We’re ready.”
Chris nodded as he took out his pen and notepad. “Go ahead.”
“The chef’s special for me, and an ice tea.”
Chris wrote something on his notepad and turned to Toby in front of him.
CT watched Chris through guarded eyes.
“I’ll take the marinated chicken and vegetables, very rare.” As he finished talking, Toby winced in pain as Brianna, to his left, stepped on his foot. “What was that for?”
“You can’t order rare,” Brianna informed him.
“Well, I doubt I can order it raw, so shush.”
Chris blinked and raised an eyebrow before writing something down on his pad. “And what would you like to drink?”
“Salt water,” Toby informed him without hesitation.
Both eyebrows rose this time, but Chris wrote it down. He looked at CT next, but CT just shook his head and looked back down at the menu. He turned to Max. “Are you ready to order?”
“Eggs,” Max decided. “Fried, but runny. Five. With water.”
As Chris looked down to scribble this on his pad, the tip of Max’s forked tongue flicked out. Not noticing this, Chris looked up at CT and Aka. “Do you two need more time?”
“Do you sell sea food?”Aka asked softly.
“We do have shrimp,” Chris informed her.
Aka’s face lit up as she quickly said, “I’ll take that. Black coffee with that, please.”
Chris scribbled that down before looking up at CT, again. “Everyone else has ordered. Are you ready or would you like more time?”
“Actually, I’d like this,” CT informed him pointing to a meal on the menu.
Chris nodded and wrote it down. “Can I get any appetizers while you wait?”
No one spoke for a moment. Then, Brianna nodded. “Some cheese sticks would be good. Thank you.”
Chris wrote this down.
“I’ll be back with your drinks.” Chris turned and walked toward the kitchen.
Aka turned to CT. “Is that one of them?”
CT nodded. “That’s Piper’s younger son.”
“The one that’s half elder?” she asked in a whisper.”
“Yes,” CT agreed with another nod. “Now is not the time, Aka.”
“But he’s . . .”
“Aka, not now,” CT interrupted. “We are here to eat, to relax. Leave that outside, Aka.”
“But CT,” she protested.
He just shook his head. “Stay and eat or return home, but the subject of the Charmed Ones and their offspring is off limits while we are here. Understand?”
Aka nodded as three men in black suits entered from the hall. They were being lead to a table by Drinka Deguilio.
“Thank you,” CT breathed a sigh of relief.
“Demons at the door,” Aka announced.
CT and Toby looked behind them.
“The men in suits?” Toby asked.
Aka nodded. “Definitely demonic. I doubt they are after us, though.”
“Which means Halliwells,” Max scowled. “Man, I wanted to eat.”
“Like you care how your eggs are,” Brianna retorted. “We’ll buy some eggs at the store and you can eat them on the way.”
“Maybe they don’t mean to cause problems today,” Max suggested hopefully.
“They’re demons,” Brianna reminded him.
“So am I,” Max retorted.
“True,” Aka agreed, “but your aura is good. Theirs is not.”
Drinka and the three demon passed by their table and the five friends grew quiet. They had just passed the table when the room stopped moving.
Brianna frowned and waved her hand in front of Aka’s face. She looked across the table at CT.
CT shook his head and mouthed, “Freeze.”
Chris walked into the kitchen followed by his mother, Piper Halliwell. “I’m telling you, something is off, Mom.”
“I just froze my restaurant, Chris,” Piper reminded him sounding a little annoyed. “They had better be a reincarnation of the Source.”
“Mom, the Source wouldn’t freeze,” Chris protested.
“How would you know?” Piper wanted to know. “It’s been years and my powers have grown. I could freeze Cole and he was an upper level demon.”
Chris looked at her confused. “Cole?” Connecting the name with his never talked of ex-uncle he added questioningly, “Aunt Phoebe’s ex-husband?”
“Right,” Piper agreed as she walked up to the table right behind Max. “Is this them?”
Chris nodded.
“Now, what was the problem?”
Brianna’s nose twitched as she tried to stay completely still.
“One of them wanted raw meat,” Chris announced.
Piper looked at her son with disgust. “That’s unhealthy and gross, but not demonic.”
Just then Brianna sneezed.
Piper and Chris’ heads snapped around to look at her. “You can move!” Piper exclaimed stunned.
“Witches don’t freeze,” Brianna retorted.
“Brianna!” CT exclaimed in warning.
Piper and Chris looked at him startled.
Brianna heaved in a breath and started chanting. “Since I have to leave, stop and end this freeze. Make the room forget anything that wasn’t yet.”
As soon as she quit chanting the room started moving, again.
Brianna grabbed Aka’s arm and pulled her out of her chair.
CT grabbed Max and Toby both by the arms and started pulling them out of their seats.
“What happened?” Toby asked confused.
“Hey, let go!” Max protested.
“Brianna!” Aka exclaimed, startled.
“No time,” CT informed them.
Before they could get anywhere, Chris reached out and grabbed Toby.
Brianna and Aka got into the hallway and he saw Brianna blink out and Aka dark orb.
Max ran ahead and shimmered once he reached the empty hallway.
“What did I do?” Toby protested.
CT looked at Chris’ lock on Toby’s arm. He looked Chris straight in the eye and said, “He’s good, Chris. You hurt him . . .” He let the threat trail off.
The three demonic customers watched the scene with interest.
CT looked at Toby. “Remember what Aka said. Keep watch.”
As Toby nodded, CT let go of him and ran out of the room. He kept going once he reached the hallway, disappearing not in some magical means of transportation, but on foot.