(LA Night)Battle Royale!

[Nicola Next]

As soon as I saw Jessy fall I ran, jumping bodies as I went. I breathed a sigh of relief as Maya saw her safely to the floor but as I saw her lying there I felt a pang, almost like deja vu. shrugging it off I fell next to her panting

'Is she okay? Let her be okay. She'll be okay right?'

Mai gave me a look

'Nicki just calm down she'll be fine'

'Good. Good. That's great'

'What's wrong with -duck-' I ducked and she pulverised a vamp behind me 'you?'

'Nothing I just... Bad memories'

I hoped Maya would shrug it off but she rarely did and I forced a mind block as I thought about seeing my family die all those years ago, about seeing my sister die. I quickly shrugged it off and got back up, determined to fight the good fight

'I'll get back to the fighting then'

[Joshua]

My future self, whom I could tell instantly was from exactly 10 hours from now, came up to me while Mai was helping Jessy. Doc, Nicki, and whoever else was fighting was quickly finishing off the demons that had been attacking us, giving us enough time to actually breathe, and for myself and I to have a conversation.

"Are you here to change something?" I asked him.

"Nope. To fulfill it. You've got Slayer powers now. Discussions happen later. And before you ask, everyone, despite it already happening, agreed to me coming back in time. Unfortunately, I'm not the only one who did."

That confused me. There aren't many people I can take back, or forwards for that matter, through time. There usually has to be a blood connection. Unless he meant that someone else through another means of time travel came back as well and he's chasing that person.

"I know what you're thinking," he interrupted my thoughts, "and no, it's not somebody evil or somebody with like the Phoenix Gate or something else that dangerous. But if I told you, you wouldn't believe me."

"Why not?" I immediately challenged.

"Because it's me," a familiar voice said right behind me.

My eyes went wide, because well within my vision, Mai was still hovering over Jessy, taking care of her. And I had just heard her voice right behind me.

Slowly, carefully, I turned around and was shocked to see Mai, only wearing armor instead of slaying clothes, standing there with three other women and a young boy in one of the woman's arms.

"What the...?"

My future self walked around and embraced *his* Mai from the side and they shared a brief kiss. "This will take some time to explain, but suffice it to say, Mai wanted to come back in order to personally rescue these people," he gestured at the three ladies and the young boy.

"Paige, Pheobe, Piper, and Wyatt," my future self introduced to me.

And I discovered, at that instant, that one of the unknown Slayer powers, is the ability to *not* faint, despite feeling light-headed.

[Maya]

"What the f***??" I gasped from Jessy's side. I looked... myself... up and down, gaping at the armour... "This night just gets weirder and weirder." I murmured. "Ok... someone tell me why i've gone Joan of arc?"

[Joshua]

(*Future Selves*)
"I'll let you answer that," I said to my companion.

"Gee, thanks," she said sarcastically, but the smile she gave me told me that she was going to enjoy this coversation. After all, since this had already happened, she'd already been on the other Mai's position. I could tell she was looking forward to confusing her past self, as she had been in the conversation.

"All right, time out, hold it, WAIT ONE MINUTE HERE!" my past self suddenly shouted. "What the hell are the *CHARMED ONES* doing *HERE*??"

I shrugged, and turned to the witches. "Good question," I observed, in essence asking them to explain themselves.

"It's a long story," Piper snapped, shifting her son around to her other hip.

I shrugged, not really anxious about the answer anyway.

He sighed and rolled his eyes as he went over to his Mai and picked up Jessy in his arms. "I don't suppose you know what happened to her maybe?" he demanded of us.

I shared a dark look with Mai, who reflected it back. "Yes, but for the sake of the cure, we can't tell you. And Mai," speaking to the past version, "don't ask for a better explanation because that's the best that I can give without jeopardizing anything. But don't worry, she'll be okay."

"Don't worry girlfriend, here let me explain . . ." my Mai (ooo, I made a funny) said with a dark grin to her past self.

[Maya]

((aah, confusing!! ok, time to make up a loada stuff... hope it works...))

*future me*
"In about five minutes, a demon will turn up, threatening us. He doesnt stand a chance against us, but the trap for these guys is already set, and had we not gone back, they would have died. As the future us's had come back, saved them and told US, we are able to be here to tell you that YOU need to do the same, as we knew we had to, cos we already did."
"Huh?" Past me replied, as i knew she would.
"Kill demon, save people, bada bin bada boom, not taht complicated." I said.
"But..." Past Josh said, "The charmed ones are real?"
"Well Duh!" Paige snapped.
"Ok ok... so... hte armour?" Past me asked.
"You'll see." I replied, shrugging.
"Helpful." SHe said, "Really bloody helpful."
I grinned widely.

[Jessy Jackson]

(((I'm afraid I am unconcious but if I wasn't I would say "Oh no! Now I give up!" and ignore all future people. But I am unconcious.)))

[Maya]

(( hehe. Go Jessy- v funny. Guess its up to you, Josh! Or someone else! ))

[anne]

((or me!!))
having been floating invisible above their heads for quite a while I felt that now might be a fun time to reveal myself
"ta da!"
their facial expressions were priceless, in fact they were so wonderfully comical that I cracked up laughing and consequently fell to the ground stopping myself just in time to avoid nasty injuries.

[Joshua]

And at that moment, of course, the one creature that nobody could possibly have been expecting suddenly Shimmered into view around the corner.

Barnabas, the demon of Fear.

"Fear me Witches!" he cried out with his arms raised dramatically over his head. Then he stopped at the massed amount of people in front of him, more than half of them quite capable of kicking his sorry ass back to hell. And this was minus Trex.

[Jessy Jackson]

Memories came flooding back to me as I lay, unconcious, on te ground.
I was five and my mum was screaming. I was on the stairs watching, terrified, as my Dad hit her over and over.
I was seven and I was shaking my mum's head as she lay in the black box. Noone around me would help me wake her up. She was asleep and wouldn't wake up. Then they closed the lid.
I was eight and cowering holding my bear in a corner as my dad came towards me, his fist clenched. Then the memory of pain hit me.
I opened my eyes. A blurred figure stood before me.
"Mum?" The figure shook her head but it was mum. It had to be mum.
"Mum, I'm scared." I was eight again. "Dad kept hurting you. And then you fell asleep and... and you wouldn't wake up. And then Dad hurt me. He said it was my fault you went away. And he took teddy away. And he hurt me all the time. He left me alone in the house. Mum, where were you? Why did you go away? You used to stop him hurting me. I need you, Mum." I smiled and said,
"Thanks for coming back. You will stay won't you?" My voice grew desperate. "Stay Mummy. Please. I'm scared Stay." I began to cry. "Mummy, stay I need you. I'm only eight. I want you back." The figure grew more blurry as I cried and in desperation I cried out,
"I'm sorry. I don't know what I did but it was all my fault that you left. Dad said. He said you hated me. Do you?" I was slipping slowly back into unconciousness.
"Mummy, I love you. Please love me back."

Then I was unconcious again.

[Maya]

Tears rolled down my cheeks as we all listened to Jessy's semi-conscious out burst. She was looking up at me, calling out for her mother. When i shook my head, she insisted, said i had to be her. I knelt beside her again she she slipped back into unconsciousness, and i held her hand. I looked up at Josh, present and future, and all the others,
"We need to get her somewhere safe." I said. "I'll..."
"No." The future me said quickly.
"What?" I snapped.
"You cant take her. You have to go back with Josh, or these guys will die."
I sighed in frustration, looking down at Jessy as tears flowed from her closed eyes.
"So who will take her?" I asked.

[Nicola Next]

I gawked slightly at the Charmed Ones, recieving a quick grin from the redhead before I hear Jessy and Mai's question

'I'll take her back to the TC and look after her. Just, uh, tell me if you need me' I said tapping my head 'And take care of yourselves, Tucker you better come with me matey boy before you get in more trouble'

Tucker gave a small nod as I gently picked up Jessy and started on my way back, trying to keep a hand free in case of demon emergency.

[Maya]

"Nicki" I said, just as she was going.
"Uh-huh?"
"Wait a second." I stepped forward, pulling something from my pocket. It was a piece of black cord, on which hung a deep green stone. I tied the cord around Jessy's neck. Nicki looked a question at me- i knew neither she nor any of the others had seen it before. "It's... my mum gave to to me when i was a kid... she said it was for protection, like, for luck and that..." I was speaking quietly, a little embarrassed "It's not a charm or anything... just..."
"I get it." Nicki said with a small smile, and turned away again. When i myself turned back to the rest, the furture me was smiling- i guess i was meant to do that then, i thought.

[Joshua]

"Flip ya for him?" I said to my future self, gesturing at the demon of Fear.

"Now what makes you think I'm going to let *you* fight him? I at least have half a days experience with Slayer powers, more than you, that's for sure. Not to mention I'm better off. I've had time to rest and restore my energy, you haven't." He snapped back at me.

"Paper, Rock, Scissor?" I suggested.

The Charmed Ones were looking at us like we were crazy, as was Ate and future Mai.

He scrunched his face up for a moment in concentration, then he grinned and nodded and we walked forward until we were between the group and the demon. Then we faced each other and started throwing our right fists at each other. At the downstroke we made a shape with our closed fists, either Paper, Rock, or Scissor.

For several minutes, despite the both of us trying to win, we came up with the same choice each and every time.

"They're kidding, right?" my Mai said as she walked up to her future self.

"Sadly, no," she responded with a dejected sigh.

"And we're going out on a date with them?!" The armored Mai just shrugged.

"Excuse me!" Barnabas interrupted.

Both of us just casually blasted him with our left hands. "WE'RE BUSY!" we shouted.

Neither of us really took the time to notice that with that combined blast we had just vanquished the demon we had been arguing over.

[Maya]

"And suddenly i forget what changed." I said to future me. "Why dont we think hes just a total irritating moron anymore?"
"Beats me." The future me said with a shrug.