Christy Jenkins
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Christy Jenkins also known as the "key to the ultimate power" is a fictional character on The WB television series Charmed. She is played by actress Marne Patterson.
[edit] Character Background
Christy is the older sister of Billie Jenkins. She was kidnapped when she was 7 years old by Scather Demons because she is the key to "ultimate power". The Scather Demons kept Christy safe in the Underworld in preparation of the return of The Triad, a trio of powerful upper-level demons who were to guide Christy in the way of evil. Fifteen years later, Billie found her and took her to the Charmed Ones' Manor where she and Billie are staying at the moment. Billie began teaching Christy how to control her powers. At one point Christy seemed to be re-kidnapped by the same Scather Demons sent by The Triad while in Billie's care, but Billie went after her. While they were both down in the underworld, Billie convinced Christy to vanquish the demons. Together, with Christy's pyrokinetic powers and Billie's telekinesis, they killed the demons.
What Billie doesn't realize is that Christy is working with the Triad, the same trio of demons who sent Cole Turner/Belthazor after the Charmed Ones. It is originally believed that they are the major threat the sisters are supposed to face. This is not the case, as Leo should have returned after two of them were vanquished. The remaining Triad member reminds Christy that Billie is the 'ultimate power,' and she must save her (in other words, turn her against the Charmed Ones). Christy succeeded in doing so.
Billie and Christy face the sisters in the manor with both sides empowered by the supernatural force called the Hollow. Because they have both taken in The Hollow, their powers are evenly matched. The power between shoots out in all directions, causing the manor to explode, killing Phoebe, Paige, and Christy. Billie and Piper are the only survivors.
The Hollow returns to its containment following this battle.
Following this destruction, the Angel of Destiny returns Leo, who stopped Piper from killing Billie. Piper goes into the past to fix the present. After leaving the destroyed manor, Billie realizes that the Triad used her and Christy and soon returns to the side of the Charmed Ones. Christy returns to Magic School, with Dumain.
Within a series of events in which Leo and Piper travel through time to fix what happened, Billie realizes that her sister has become a killer. Billie uses her projection power to project herself and the Charmed Ones to the Triad, just before the witches call for the Hollow, and vanquish them as well as Dumain. In an act of rage, Christy fires on Billie, and Billie is forced to kill her in self-defense. After killing her sister, she immediately breaks down.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Christy possessed two abilities: telepathy and firestarting. Her telepathic power allowed her to read minds and project her own thoughts and was one of the more advanced versions of the power depicted in the show. Like The Source she could use it to communicate mentally between Earth and the underworld, maintaining constant contact with her demon masters and even eavesdropping on The Charmed Ones thoughts from Magic School. She also received telepathic "hits" which could identify a stranger as a demon. She was able to create a telepathy wave which could kill or nock out any demons. Christy had also killed a demon with her power of telepathy with the help of Billie's power of projection.
As a Firestarter, she could mentally cause objects and beings to burst into flame, and was shown to have enough control to reduce a demon to ash while not damaging the surrounding area. In addition to starting fires she could also form aerial fireballs. In "Gone with the Witches" and again in "Forever Charmed" she displays the ability to move them without the aid of her telekinetic sister, Billie. She learnt to control her powers to such a degree she could replicate Piper's explosion power, causing a potion to explode in mid-air. She could create fireballs of varying sizes and vanquish demons thought to be invincible.
When using her firestarting power in conjunction with Billie's projection power, she could create fireballs of varying sizes and vanquish demons thought to be invincible.
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