Post by brittania on Jan 30, 2005 22:45:06 GMT -5
Chapter 16
They were in Barbas’ new Underworld lair now. Chris was in a crystal cage, huddled on the floor.
Barbas flamed in. He appeared to be frightened.
”Your daddy is killing Gideon as we speak,” Barbas told him. “He’s going to come after me next!”
Chris warned him, “He’ll do the same thing to you when he finds out you kidnapped me.”<br>“No, he won’t find out. You see, he thinks your dead at Gideon’s hand. But he may come after me for helping Gideon.” Barbas thought to himself for a moment. “Your father is a very powerful Elder. I’m going to need more powers to protect myself. And you’re going to help me get them.”<br>Off Chris’ bewilderment, Barbas knocked one of the crystals out to deactivate the cage, grabbed Chris by the arm and flamed out.
Piper recognized the setting they were now viewing as Slavo’s lair. A cage holding three witches was at the far end of the cave.
Barbas flamed in, holding Chris by the arm. Chris pulled himself free from Barbas’ grasp.
“Slavo!” Barbas called out.
Slavo approached from the shadows. “Barbas! Have you brought me a withc to trade?”<br>“Indeed I have,” Barbas stated, pushing Chris in front of him.
Slavo carefully looked him over. “What do you want for him?”<br>“Top of the line powers,” answered Barbas.
“For just one witch?” Slavo asked in amazement.
“Oh, but he isn’t just any witch,” Barbas explained. “He’s the son of a Charmed One.”<br>Slavo appeared to be astounded. “You captured the son of a Charmed One? If I take him they will come after me!”
“No, they won’t,” Barbas explained. “They think he’s dead. Now, just imagine how much you can get for him. Or you can hold on to him… If the Charmed Ones ever come after you, he could be used to get information…or as leverage.”
Slavo thought about this a moment. “Deal,” he said, motioning some of his minions over. Two of them grabbed Chris and brought him over to the cage, deactivating it, tossing him in, then reactivating it.
The other witches Slavo had captured explained to Chris that Slavo was a Witch Trader, trading witches he and his minions would capture and selling them as slaves to other demons. The metal bracelets they wore prevented the witches from using their powers of their own volition and allowed the demons that possessed them to control their powers.
Chris confidently told the other witches that they would soon be rescued—he was sure his mother and aunts and his father would do everything they could to find him and save them all.
Chris had been held captive for several days when Slavo had one of his minions bring Chris to his office.
“I’ve decided to hold on to you for awhile,” Slavo informed him. “I think the son of a Charmed One might be useful.”<br>“They’re going to find me,” Chris said, “and when they do they’ll make you wish you were never born.”
Slavo laughed. “Nobody is going to find you. Nobody is going to come looking for you. I did some checking. They all think you’re dead.”
“No,” Chris said. “You’re lying.”<br>“I’m not,” Slavo informed him. “Now, I can make your captivity easy or difficult. Help me and things will go much easier on you.”
“I’m not going to help you,” Chris said defiantly.
“I think you will,” Slavo replied. He leaped up from his seat and hurled a fireball at Chris, knocking him across the room and grazing his shoulder.
“Now,” Slavo said calmly, “tell me what I want to know.”
“No,” Chris said, in intense pain.
“You know, there’s more where that came from. You will help me one way or another.”<br>Slavo retrieved a vial from his desk and handed it to one of his minions—one that Piper recognized.
“Get some of his blood,” Slavo ordered. “You’re going to use it to get to the Book of Shadows.”
“How?” the demon asked.
“He’s a Halliwell. All you need to do is cloak yourself in his blood and you can get the book, then bring it to me.”
As the demon followed Slavo’s orders, a question Piper had months ago was answered. This same demon had indeed gone after the Book of Shadows. She and her sisters were able to vanquish him before he got out of the house with it, but they had never figured out how he had obtained the book. Now she knew—he did it by cloaking himself in the Halliwell blood—Chris’ blood.
The days turned into months. Other witches were captured and sold, but Slavo held on to Chris. Every once in awhile Slavo would torture him to try and get some information, but no matter what he did Chris wouldn’t tell him anything to help him. He could survive Wyatt’s torture, he would survive this. He still held on to some hope that his parents would find him, but as time wore on, that hope began to diminish with each passing day.
Chris had been there several months. Slavo sent one of his minions to bring Chris to him.
Slavo appeared to be desperate. “I’m not playing games with you anymore. I need to know now how I can defeat the Charmed Ones,” he demanded.
“I’m not helping you, “Chris told him.
Slavo punched him in the face, hard. “By the time I’m done with you, you will.”<br>The torture went on for days. When Slavo would tire or had business to attend to, he would order his henchmen to continue until Chris talked. But Chris continued to stay silent. He was allowed neither food or rest. The torture continued until Chris finally gave up all hope.
The scene went black…<br>
They were in Barbas’ new Underworld lair now. Chris was in a crystal cage, huddled on the floor.
Barbas flamed in. He appeared to be frightened.
”Your daddy is killing Gideon as we speak,” Barbas told him. “He’s going to come after me next!”
Chris warned him, “He’ll do the same thing to you when he finds out you kidnapped me.”<br>“No, he won’t find out. You see, he thinks your dead at Gideon’s hand. But he may come after me for helping Gideon.” Barbas thought to himself for a moment. “Your father is a very powerful Elder. I’m going to need more powers to protect myself. And you’re going to help me get them.”<br>Off Chris’ bewilderment, Barbas knocked one of the crystals out to deactivate the cage, grabbed Chris by the arm and flamed out.
Piper recognized the setting they were now viewing as Slavo’s lair. A cage holding three witches was at the far end of the cave.
Barbas flamed in, holding Chris by the arm. Chris pulled himself free from Barbas’ grasp.
“Slavo!” Barbas called out.
Slavo approached from the shadows. “Barbas! Have you brought me a withc to trade?”<br>“Indeed I have,” Barbas stated, pushing Chris in front of him.
Slavo carefully looked him over. “What do you want for him?”<br>“Top of the line powers,” answered Barbas.
“For just one witch?” Slavo asked in amazement.
“Oh, but he isn’t just any witch,” Barbas explained. “He’s the son of a Charmed One.”<br>Slavo appeared to be astounded. “You captured the son of a Charmed One? If I take him they will come after me!”
“No, they won’t,” Barbas explained. “They think he’s dead. Now, just imagine how much you can get for him. Or you can hold on to him… If the Charmed Ones ever come after you, he could be used to get information…or as leverage.”
Slavo thought about this a moment. “Deal,” he said, motioning some of his minions over. Two of them grabbed Chris and brought him over to the cage, deactivating it, tossing him in, then reactivating it.
The other witches Slavo had captured explained to Chris that Slavo was a Witch Trader, trading witches he and his minions would capture and selling them as slaves to other demons. The metal bracelets they wore prevented the witches from using their powers of their own volition and allowed the demons that possessed them to control their powers.
Chris confidently told the other witches that they would soon be rescued—he was sure his mother and aunts and his father would do everything they could to find him and save them all.
Chris had been held captive for several days when Slavo had one of his minions bring Chris to his office.
“I’ve decided to hold on to you for awhile,” Slavo informed him. “I think the son of a Charmed One might be useful.”<br>“They’re going to find me,” Chris said, “and when they do they’ll make you wish you were never born.”
Slavo laughed. “Nobody is going to find you. Nobody is going to come looking for you. I did some checking. They all think you’re dead.”
“No,” Chris said. “You’re lying.”<br>“I’m not,” Slavo informed him. “Now, I can make your captivity easy or difficult. Help me and things will go much easier on you.”
“I’m not going to help you,” Chris said defiantly.
“I think you will,” Slavo replied. He leaped up from his seat and hurled a fireball at Chris, knocking him across the room and grazing his shoulder.
“Now,” Slavo said calmly, “tell me what I want to know.”
“No,” Chris said, in intense pain.
“You know, there’s more where that came from. You will help me one way or another.”<br>Slavo retrieved a vial from his desk and handed it to one of his minions—one that Piper recognized.
“Get some of his blood,” Slavo ordered. “You’re going to use it to get to the Book of Shadows.”
“How?” the demon asked.
“He’s a Halliwell. All you need to do is cloak yourself in his blood and you can get the book, then bring it to me.”
As the demon followed Slavo’s orders, a question Piper had months ago was answered. This same demon had indeed gone after the Book of Shadows. She and her sisters were able to vanquish him before he got out of the house with it, but they had never figured out how he had obtained the book. Now she knew—he did it by cloaking himself in the Halliwell blood—Chris’ blood.
The days turned into months. Other witches were captured and sold, but Slavo held on to Chris. Every once in awhile Slavo would torture him to try and get some information, but no matter what he did Chris wouldn’t tell him anything to help him. He could survive Wyatt’s torture, he would survive this. He still held on to some hope that his parents would find him, but as time wore on, that hope began to diminish with each passing day.
Chris had been there several months. Slavo sent one of his minions to bring Chris to him.
Slavo appeared to be desperate. “I’m not playing games with you anymore. I need to know now how I can defeat the Charmed Ones,” he demanded.
“I’m not helping you, “Chris told him.
Slavo punched him in the face, hard. “By the time I’m done with you, you will.”<br>The torture went on for days. When Slavo would tire or had business to attend to, he would order his henchmen to continue until Chris talked. But Chris continued to stay silent. He was allowed neither food or rest. The torture continued until Chris finally gave up all hope.
The scene went black…<br>
I'm looking forward to more. I'm not looking forward to it ending (unless you have anther Chris centric story up your sleeve? 
) 
NOOOOOOOOOO!
