Innocents Lost

Innocents Lost, is the third issue of the Charmed Comics series, published by Zenescope.

Introduced

 * Mika
 * Romeo and Juliet
 * William Shakespeare
 * The Guardians of the Hollow

Returning

 * Tyler Michaels
 * Henry Mitchell
 * Max Franklin — (cameo)
 * The Source of all Evil

Mentioned

 * Owen Grant
 * Marcy Steadwell
 * Beth Whittlesey
 * Morris family
 * Billie Jenkins
 * Grams
 * Elise Rothman
 * Dr Phil

Summary
Someone...or something is hunting down the innocents that have been saved by the Charmed Ones and murdering them in cold blood. As Piper, Phoebe and Paige race to save the remaining innocents the forces of the underworld continue to gather the last remaining ingredients that will complete the ritual that will bring back the greatest foe the Charmed Ones have ever faced. An enemy so powerful not even the Power of Three may be able to stop it from destroying us all.

Plot
The issue opens up with the Charmed Ones investigating the status of their innocents, with Piper in the attic, Phoebe at work and Paige searching police files with Henry. It is revealed that innocents Marcy Steadwell and Owen Grant are dead while Beth Whittlesey is missing. Paige orbs in and tells Piper that she orbed Billie from LA to the East Coast in order for her to keep an eye on Darryl and his family. Piper explains that with the help of Grams' ghostly hand, she found an entry in the Book which says that whenever an innocent is exposed to demon magic, it stays within them even after the demon is vanquished and resurfaces at death, explaining Brittany's state from the last issue. Piper and Paige compare notes and discuss the status of remaining innocents, leading them to the home of Tyler Michaels, the teenage firestarter last seen in Season 4's Lost and Bound. Predictably, they orb into a fire.

Meanwhile, Phoebe is officiating a mass wedding, as part of a publicity stunt put together for the paper by Elise. She's reluctant, until her empathy power kicks in and she feels the incredible love of one of the couples.

In the underworld, Neena and Hogan are at the burial site of The Hollow. Hogan seems to have gained the power to blink and the power to create fireworks (not really specified). They distract the new pair of guardians and take a sample of soil back to their misty master, who wants to destroy the Charmed Ones. Hogan offers to kill them himself.

Piper and Paige manage to orb around the fire and find Tyler, with a demon taking some kind of blood sample from him. Piper blows up the demon -- and another attacking from behind -- and when a third demon shows up, Paige creates an orb shield (new power) to protect them, then Piper blows the demon up and they all orb back to the attic.

Back in the park, Phoebe finds out the couple knows she's a Charmed One. Coop shows up to fill her in: the couple is Romeo and Juliet, cursed by Shakespeare's play to meet, marry and die over and over in an endless cycle. They hope that by being married by a Charmed One, it'll break the curse, and in their explanation of it, Juliet gives a little perspective to Phoebe on the whole mass wedding thing. Phoebe then marries them.

When Phoebe gets home, she shares the happy news that her powers are back. Meanwhile the living room is filling up with innocents who the sisters brought to protect including Tyler Michaels and Max Franklin. The Charmed Ones decide to once again take action and kick some undeworld ass.

In the end, Neena and Hogan combine all the ingredients and a ritual is performed by a dark priest and, lo-and-behold, the Source of All Evil is back in town.

Powers Used

 * Orbing - Paige
 * Empathy - Phoebe
 * Blinking - Hogan
 * Pyrotechnics - Hogan
 * Pyrokinesis - Tyler
 * Molecular Combustion - Piper
 * Energy Blast - Demon Servant
 * Orb Shield - Paige

Once a mortal...

 * Once a mortal
 * is touched
 * by evil
 * the demon
 * influence
 * can remain
 * inside
 * revealing itself
 * again in
 * death

To Revive the source of all Evil

 * Ingredients:
 * Blood of the innocents
 * Soil of the ancient Burial Ground


 * Spell:
 * Borne from the Earth of the Underworld
 * Bound with the soil of the Ancient Burial Ground
 * Anointed by the blood of the innocent
 * Arise
 * Arise and Reawaken
 * The Source of all Evil

Reviews

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