A/N: This story takes place shortly after the events of UXM423. Leo is still a Whitelighter. Gideon is dead by Leo's hand but the Elders don't know yet. Chris is six months old. Logan is to be the focus of the elemental power called by the Charmed Ones and channeled through the mutants.

Disclaimers: I don't own the but I love playing with them. Don't sue. No money.

Chapter 8

They took three days to teach the mutants how to channel the power that would be coursing through them. This gave Jubilee time to recover from her injuries. She was excited to have the chance to get some payback for what the Church of Humanity did to Angelo and herself. Logan was still reluctant to allow Jubilee to be one of the channels but when he was asked for a better idea, the only one he could come up with was Pyro. Charles was sure he could get Magneto to agree to allow Pyro to participate but he doubted the fire controlling mutants' ability to behave during the mission. So the decision was made to allow Jubilee to go.

She spent the better part of two days crowing in pleasure. Late on the second day, Piper decided to knock her down a peg and called a low power fire elemental during a Danger Room exercise and channel it through the hyper teens' body.

"You need to concentrate and control your emotions Jubilee," she told her as she picked the shaken girl up off the Danger Room floor. "The elemental is fueled by your emotions. If you can control them, the elemental will be controlled as well."

"What did ya do ta me," Jubilee asked in a shaky voice.

"I channeled a low power elemental through you," she told her. "It won't be like that when we do this for real. The elemental I will call will be a full power fire elemental. If you can't control this one, you won't be able to control the big one."

What about the others?" she demanded. "Do they know how to control their elementals?

"Ororo calls an elemental every time she raises a storm," Piper told her. "Bobby is a living, walking, prank playing elemental himself. They won't have any trouble with control. Chad is stronger that everyone thinks. He uses elemental power to make things grow. He just needs a little self confidence. You, however, have no relationship to the elements. Your power is light. High intensity light, I give you that, but light just the same. Light is part of fire so you are the only choice we have. You also need to get a little of your own back with these people so you can take back your life."

Jubilee left the Danger Room deep in thought. Logan came down from the control room in a temper.

"Did ya hafta do that?" he demanded. "She coulda been killed."

"She was becoming too cocky, Logan," Piper told him calmly. "She's very open emotionally. She needs to know why she's controlling her emotions. This was the only way she could learn."

"Leave her alone Wolvie," Jubilees' voice came from the door. "She did what needed ta be done."

"Ya coulda been killed," he yelled.

"Nah," Jubilee waved him away. "It was warm and kinda tickled. I just let it control me instead of me controlling it. I'll know better next time."

Piper shot him an 'I told you so' look and left.

By the end of the fourth day, they were ready. Everyone knew what to expect and where they were to stand. The spell was ready, the players were ready. Now to find out if the guest of honor was ready.

Scott and Jean flew the four elemental mutants, Logan, the Charmed Ones and Leo back to the house for the confrontation. The others questioned why Leo was accompanying them. Piper explained that once Leo has seen a demon, he can locate it again even years later. He was along to keep Morlin from surprising them.

The jet landed with a soft thump and the group deplaned into the dark night.

"Good luck every one," Jean told them. "We'll be here when you're finished."

"Logan," Scott said, "try to come back alive."

"I'll do my best, fearless leader," he assured him.

"Go back into the jet," Phoebe told Scott and Jean. "We don't need to worry about you."

"Where is he Leo?" Paige asked him.

"He's in the house," Leo told her. "Be careful, Piper. The boys need their mother."

"I will," she told her husband. She kissed him deeply. "Go back to the plane." she said as she broke the kiss.

They waited until the ramp was secured and crept off into the trees. Ororo took to the air. The others separated and made their way to the clearing. Logan and the Charmed Ones stayed together and made a frontal approach.

They stood in the clearing, Logan in front, the witches in a line behind.

"Morlin," Piper yelled. "Come out you baby killing coward."

Morlin shimmered into the clearing. "Ah, the witches," he sneered. "My acolytes tell me you are the Charmed Ones. It does not matter. You will do as I bid just as all the other had done."

Bobby stepped out of the trees and placed a crystal on the ground. Chad slipped out of the cover and placed another crystal on the ground. Ororo landed and placed her crystal on the ground. Logan stepped forward and placed his crystal. Jubilee walked up and placed the last crystal and the cage was complete. Light flashed from the heart of each crystal and joined over his head, preventing him from shimmering away to safety. His eyes grew wide in surprise and fear.

"You took my life from me," Jubilee said serenely. "I have come to take it back."

"You have taken the innocence of the child I consider my heat and soul," Logan said calmly. "I have come to avenge that loss."

"You have killed a man I consider my brother," Bobby said. "I am here for revenge."

"You have shattered my family," Ororo said quietly. "I come for retribution."

"You have sullied my world with hate," Chad announced. "I am here to end it.

Piper began the incantations that will end the hate and death.

"I call on the elements to help us out I ask that they choose the appropriate route Wind and fire and water and earth We wait here for you to give you birth.

The four elemental mutants began to glow with inner fire. Raising their arms to the air, the fire shot out of them and into the sky where it joined. Logan stepped forward and raised his thick arms, claws out.

"Focus you elements upon this man Give him the power to end this here.

The joined fire flashed down and struck Logan in the chest. He bucked under the onslaught, falling to his knees, staying down for two minutes to gather his strength.

"It didn't work, witch," Morlin crowed. "The power killed him. He's useless."

Logans' head snapped up, his eyes glowing with purple fire. "We are alive." It was his voice, but the voice of others as well. It resonated across the clearing, shaking the windows of the house. "Long have we watched you demon, and waited for someone strong enough to invoke us. That time has come. Today, you die." He rose to his feet.

The Charmed Ones gasped with surprise. The knew the elementals were sentient but never expected they would be as anxious for Morlins' death as they were. This was very unexpected. They quickly began to mutter the spell that would increase the strength of the elementals.

Logan stepped forward as the fire increased in heat, light, wind and earth. He felt large and powerful. The elementals whispered to him, telling him what he needed to do, how he needed to move.

"You have terrorized our children for centuries upon centuries. We can no longer tolerate this. Your hate ends now." He stepped through the energy and into the cage. Morlins' face was a study in fear. He knew he was going to die.

Logan's right hand snapped out, his claws biting deeply into Morlins' face. "This human has asked that you do not die easily. We agree with him. You will die slowly and in great pain." The hands flashed out again and his arms fell to the ground. "You have used sacred symbols to terrorize and spread hate." The claws flashed again, opening three long gashes in his right leg. "You have raped, forcing innocent women to bier your offspring." The claws opened the other cheek. You have spilled human blood simply for your own pleasure." Logans' left hand slammed into his abdomen, claws driving deep. Black blood pooled around his feet. "For all this and more, you do not deserve to continue living." Logan whirled around, his arms wide, claws out and Morlins' head fell to the ground with a hollow thump. Black fire consumed the body as hell reclaimed it's own.

The elemental fire from the mutants flashed and disappeared. Piper ran forward and kicked a crystal out of position and the cage collapsed. The mutants were on all fours, gasping for breaths but alive. The Charmed Ones walked carefully up to Logan. His eyes still held the purple fire of elemental possession.

"We have been waiting for many centuries for the Charmed Ones. We knew they would be the ones to call us so that we may rid ourselves of a blight we have watched since time began. We thank you for your help."

"We are glad that we could help," Phoebe said awed. "Will Logan survive your possession?"

"This mutant is very strong," the voices said. "He will survive and remember everything that has happened today."

"And the others?" Paige asked

"They will also survive with their memories intact. The mutant known as Jubilee has had her memories altered slightly to make her trauma less intense. She will still remember what happened but will no longer have dreams that terrorize her nights."

"We thank you," Piper said, "and we release you." Logan crumpled to the ground, unconscious.

The human acolytes piled out of the house, their eyes wide with fear. "You killed him," a heavy set man yelled.

Piper turned on him. "We killed a demon that has been controlling your minds. He has fed on your hate for a long time. He made sure you hated mutants so could feed him. You have to ask yourselves if that hate was real or caused by a demon. Mutants have never done anything to you. Look into your hearts and ask yourself if you want to continue hating when a demon was the one that put it there in the first place."

There was a grumbling from the crowd but they didn't attack. Slowly, the crowd dispersed and the witches and mutants were alone in the clearing.

"Will he be okay?" Jubilee asked worried for her mentor.

"He'll be fine," Piper assured her. "He was the focus for the elementals and had a lot of power flowing through him. He just needs some time to recover and get used to feeling small again."

"Boy, I understand that," Bobby said in wonder. "I felt huge. I've never pulled that much power before"

"Nor have I," Ororo said. "I have called Jean to help us get Logan back to the jet. We will not be able to carry him. He is much heavier than he looks."

"Why is that, Phoebe asked.

"He didn't tell you?" Jubilee asked. Phoebe shook her head. "The Canadian government kidnapped him and experimented on him. They poured molten adamantium into his body and it deposited on his bones."

"That's disgusting," Paige gasped in horror.

"They wanted to make him a living weapon," Ororo said sadly. "They found out they couldn't control him after he killed most of the people on the base where he was held. They occasionally attempt to take him back."

"Good for him," Phoebe growled as Jean and Scott ran into the clearing.

"Is he alive?" Scott asked.

"He is," Paige told him.

"Let's go home," Jubilee yawned. "I'm exhausted." Piper gathered up the crystals and returned them to their box.

Jean lifted Logan in a telekinetic bubble and the group returned to the jet and started for the mansion. This time, there were no injuries, just five exhausted mutants The Charmed Ones didn't feel particularly tired but they understood why the others did. They made everyone comfortable and let them sleep on the trip home.

Logan awoke late the next afternoon feeling like a stranger in his own body. Walking was difficult, dressing even worse. He felt too small and clumsy. Jubilee sat on his bed, chattering excitedly about the mission. She agreed that it was difficult to return to her real size but assured Logan that he would feel more normal in a few hours. Every team member and all three witches stopped by to see how he was doing. He was starting to wish they had left him in the clearing. He would have more privacy that way. When Leo stopped by, he asked Jubilee to leave. Leo locked the door behind her as she huffed out the door.

"They can be too much," Leo remarked.

"Ain't that the truth," Logan agreed with a small laugh. Leo flopped onto the sofa and looked at Logan closely.

"Still feeling strange?" he asked.

"It's getting better," Logan told him. "My arms are too short, my head too far away from the ceiling but I suppose that will go away."

"It should."

"Wyatt," Logan began, "do they do this all the time?"

"Vanquish a major demon?"

"Yeah."

"Their lives are never dull, or even safe. They expect to have to fight every time they leave the manor. It's the life of a witch."

"Do ya worry about Piper and the boys?"

"Every moment of every day. I worry even when they're home and safe. It's part of loving someone."

"Are they ever attacked because of what you are?"

"I became an Elder not long ago. There have been a number of attacks that were aimed to make me do something."

"Do ya ever feel they'd be better off without ya?"

"Yeah," Leo sighed, "sometimes. But then I realize, I can protect them better if I'm close so I stay."

Logan was silent for a long time, thinking.

"Don't leave her, Logan," Leo said softly. "She needs you." He got up and dropped his hand on Logans' shoulder. "And you need her more." He unlocked the door and left.

Piper and Paige packed their things for the trip home. Paige would orb home on her own. Piper and Leo would pick up the boys and return home later. Phoebe surprised them by announcing that she would remain at the mansion to help Logan recover and to train with him when he was able.

"You can orb me back if I'm needed but I can't miss the opportunity to train with Logan," she told her sisters. "He can teach me so much."

"Don't stay away for long." Piper told her with a kiss and a hug. "I'll miss you too much."

"I'll call every week," she promised.

"I'll come see you next weekend," Paige said. "I'll also tell your boss that you'll be working from home for a while."

"Thanks sis," she said, hugging her youngest sister tightly. Paige stepped back and orbed.

"Behave yourself," Leo warned.

"Never," Phoebe laughed. Leo wrapped his arms around Piper and orbed away. Phoebe turned and returned to her room, excited about the weeks to come in the company of good friends.

Fin

A/N: I have enjoyed writing this story for the past few weeks. It was almost like having the Charmed Ones sitting on my shoulder telling me the story as I typed. I have enjoyed their visit and their stint as my guest muses. I would like to thank every one that read and reviewed the story. Feedback makes a tale much better. Thanks and God bless.