Suite 518/520, Tuesday early morning

[demonbelthazor]

Agitated, Bel paced his room. First his failure with Veronica and Piper, then Cally's discovery of his powers last night. He was starting to leave a trail of evidence that could eventually point back at him, and that could not be allowed to happen. He'd have to step up his plans, move the coronation forward so he could end this charade.

And in the meantime, maybe he could arrange some sort of distraction, keep attention from falling on himself. So now he pondered this, wondering what he could do -- and who would be a suitable victim.

[ooc: open if you have need of the ex-demon.]

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much," Cameron nodded. "Does that sound familiar at all?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel shook his head. "Nothing I've run up against. But I can have Phoebe check the Book of Shadows to see if she can find anything about it."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"That could help," Cameron sighed. "She's going to be setting up spells either way, but it'd be easier if we knew what we were dealing with."

[demonbelthazor]

"Protection spells on the apartment?" Bel said. Good to know. "That's a pretty good idea. Did the demon say what it wanted? It could've been after Piper just because of who she is."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"That's what Piper figured," Cameron nodded, but he didn't sound convinced. "It definitely wasn't interested in me. Do you know if all demons use fire?"

[demonbelthazor]

"It's fairly common," Bel confirmed. "Not all demons can throw fireballs, but a good percentage of them can."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"But the shapeshifting isn't, right?" he asked.

[demonbelthazor]

"Only a few types of demons can pull that off," Bel said. "Upper level demons can all shift into a human form, but not several different ones like you described."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"So what are you saying?" Cameron frowned. "That this demon is even above that?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Or it could be using a spell to shapechange, a glamour," Bel said. He frowned. "It's hard to say. But it definitely sounds like it's a serious threat."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron rubbed a hand through his hair. "Not exactly what I was hoping to hear."

[demonbelthazor]

"Sorry," Bel said. "II wish I could give you better news. I'll have Phoebe look into it and let you know what she finds."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Cameron said gratefully. "How's things been here?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Did you hear about Cally?" Bel said gravely. "Somebody attacked her last night, hurt her pretty badly. She's in the clinic now."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

For a moment Cameron could do nothing but stare at Bel. "No, I haven't. But she only just... Geez. Is she going to be okay?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Janet treated her last night," Bel said. "She said Cally's going to be all right. But she's in pretty rough shape."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Damn," he cursed. "Do they know who did it?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel shook his head. "Nadia found her," he said. "She called me to help get Cally to the clinic. I checked out the place where she was afterwards but couldn't find anything to tell me who did it."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Any signs of fire?" Cameron asked thoughtfully.

[demonbelthazor]

"She wasn't burned at all," Bel confirmed. "And I didn't see anything scorched where we found her, but it was dark. Nadia mentioned dreaming of fire, though."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron drew in a breath. "Cally was in California too," he explained. "Do you think it could have been the same demon?"

[demonbelthazor]

"But why would a demon attack Cally?" Bel said. "She's not a witch, she's not a threat."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"No, but it's a bit of a weird coincidence, don't you think?"

[demonbelthazor]

"True," Bel agreed. "Maybe since it failed to get Piper, it went after her friends?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"That's really not good..." Cameron groaned. If he'd just realised it wasn't Veronica at the party, he could have stopped all this. "We need to find out what sort of demon is behind this."