Chapter 1: Demon Trouble

Prue Halliwell paced the attic of the manor with one of the many books that in any way mentioned Gorgon in her hand. Everyone had spent the last month trying to figure him out and who his rival for source was. She was pissed the boys never had to do any of this Wyatt had a shift at the hospital right now, Henry and Chris were working, and Jake was doing only god knows what.

So Prue didn't think much of it when she looked up from her book to see the air ripple like someone was about to shimmer in she just thought it was her boyfriend Chuck or stupid Jake man was she wrong. It was a man that shimmered in but one that she had never seen before or had she he looked familiar like she had seen his eyes before.

"Wow you look so much like your mother it's a little scary." the man said to her and gave her a look that caused his eyes to twinkle.

She had seen that look before and she knew where and that's when it hit her she knew who this man was "Cole what the hell are you doing here ? I won't let you do anything to hurt my brother." she said with steel in her voice.

"I'm not here to hurt your brother I'm here to see Phoebe I need to help her with something. So just call your mom and your aunts up here and I'll explain everything." Cole pleaded with her.

"Fine. Mom! Aunt Piper ! Aunt Paige! I think I found something I need you to come up here." Prue called trying to sound as casual as possible.

The three women made it up the steps with surprising grace and speed for their age.

"What did you find Ladybug ?" Phoebe asked before she actually set foot in the attic.

Paige was the first one to notice Cole's presence "What the hell are you doing here Cole ?" she asked ice in her voice.

"Paige I would have thought by know you would have liked me a little." Cole said pretending to be hurt.

"The only thing we're going to do is vanquish your sorry ass. You're hurting my son Cole" Phoebe said.

"Wait guys he says he's here to help." Prue said hoping to stop any rash.

"That's right thank you Prue. Where is Cooper ?" Cole asked

"Why do you want to know ?" Piper asked

"Because he is in danger and you guys need to watch him." Cole explained.

"What kind of danger Cole ?" Phoebe asked concerned

"He has all kind of demonic bounty hunters on his ass right now I've heard them talking so I came to warn him. You need to get him here now Phoebe this is serious." Cole stressed.

"Come on downstairs Cole I'll call him but I warn you Coop is here." Phoebe said

Cole made a gesture that said it was no big deal and said "Lead the way ladies. And you should call his friend Chuck".


"Come on Stacey that guy could have been the guy you'll never know if you don't take a chance and get to know him." C.J. said to a woman who was a client at Coop's dating service. They were sitting at a table on sidewalk café in downtown San Francisco.

"Jake I can't go out with every random guy you pick up off the street for me. Remind me again why I'm doing this." Stacey said as she glared at him.

"Well I'm the best at what I do so your mother hired me to help find you a man and I'm not going away until I do. " C.J. explained. When a well dressed man walked by he asked "What about him ? He has potential."

"No Jake. How does your girlfriend stand you ?" Stacey asked wanting so badly to kill him.

He was about to answer her when his cell rang he looked down and the caller id said mom "You just got saved by my mother excuse me I have to take this." C.J. said answering his phone.

"Hi mom I'm fine and working if that's what you want." C.J. said into his phone.

"Coop I need you to come to the manor now it's important and it can't wait." Phoebe said on the other end of the line.

"Ok let me finish up here and I'll be right there. See in a few bye." he said hanging before she got a chance to reply.

"Stacey you're very lucky you just got a reprieve for the night I have to go home. But I'm warning you were not finished." he said walking away looking for a place to shimmer to the manor.


Henry and Chris were running down an alley guns drawn chasing a suspect who was headed for the abandoned warehouse at the end.

"Damn it Hank it's only 10:30 at night things shouldn't be this crazy this early." Chris yelled as he picked up his pace.

"Peanut stop flapping your jaws now we have to go in the warehouse after that son of a bitch I hope you're happy." Henry yelled back at him as they slowed down.

"Ok I take the right side of the room when we go in and you take the left." Chris said.

"Sounds like a plan." Henry agreed.

"Going in alive coming out the same way." they both said before going in.


"Mom this better be good." C.J. warned as he shimmered into the living room of the manor.

"That's what I said too Coop." Chuck chimed in.

"It's good your life depends on what I have to tell you." Cole preached to him.

"Mom who in the hell is this clown?" C.J. asked looking Cole up and down.

"C.J. this is Cole Turner I think you know who he is." Phoebe explained to her son.

"Cole you can just stay the hell away from me I don't want or need any help from you." C.J. said going to stand by his dad's side.

"Jake just hear him out you should hear what he has to say." Prue said taking her brother's hand.

"Junior listen to your sister." Coop said

"Fine but I don't have to like listening to him." C.J. said crossing his arms across his chest.

"Agreed now that, that's settled on with business. Cooper Chuck there are demonic bounty hunters out after the both of you whoever is vying for source wants you both gone and he wants it bad." Cole explained.

"Do you know who it is Cole ?" Phoebe asked

"No he's pretty well keeping under wraps until he can take the throne from Gorgon." Cole stated.

"Thanks for the heads up Cole I know how to handle myself." C.J. said getting cocky.

"Coop talk some sense into your son I have to go my being here puts him in danger. Oh and Cooper if you ever want answers all you have to do is call. Oh and have your Aunt Paige heal your shoulder those energy balls have a tendency to sting." Cole said as he shimmered out.

C.J. reflexively rolled his shoulder to stop some of the pain.

Paige walked over to him and peeled his shirt off of his wound "How long have you had this ?" she asked him.

"A week." C.J. answered sheepishly.

"Well it's infected stupid and start protecting yourself better you always get hit in the same spot." Paige lectured him as she placed her hands over the wound and healed it.

"That actually didn't hurt this time Aunt Paige." C.J. said being half demon getting healed hurt him.

"Good I hope this does." Phoebe said cracking her son in the back of the head.

"Ow mom that really hurt." C.J. exclaimed as Chuck and Prue both laughed at him.

"Well C.J. Chuck there's food if you want any." Piper said and they both took off for the kitchen.


"Come on dude just put the gun down there is nowhere for you to go so let's end this now." Chris said. They had their suspect run down and they now had backup waiting outside.

Henry saw the man's true intent in his eyes before Chris did. The man raised the gun once and fired barley wounding Chris in the arm. His second shot hit Henry in the left shoulder right above his heart as he tackled Chris to the ground. The man then took off running and climb out a side window.

"Officer down." Chris called laying Henry flat and cradling his head in his lap.

"Chris don't leave me." Henry pleaded with him.

"I won't Hank I got you I promise just hold on help is coming." Chris promised him on the verge of tears as their backup finally starting coming in.

"Chris if I die don't blame yourself and tell my mom I love her." Henry said tears of his own forming.

"You'll make it Bubba I promise." Chris assured him as he lost conscienceness.

"Halliwell where you guys?" Another cop called

"Back here hurry he's losing a lot of blood." Chris yelled back as they brought a stretcher into the room. "Don't worry you'll be fine Hank you have to be I need you. And besides Wyatt is going to flip out on you." Chris said as he stroked his cousins head.


Opening Credits:

Wyatt Halliwell- Wes Ramsey

Chris Halliwell- Drew Fuller

Henry Matthews Jr- Channing Tatum

Cooper Halliwell Jr- Paul Walker

Charles Bradford- Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Roman Nicolae- Ben McKenzie

Lila Nicolae- Jordana Brewster

Elizabeth Shane- Nikki Reed

And

Prue Halliwell- Jennifer Love Hewitt


All the Halliwells were gathered in the kitchen at the manor when both C.J. and Prue's cell phones rang so they both went in another room to answer them.

"Hello." C.J. said answering his phone.

"Is this a mister Cooper Halliwell ?" the voice on the other end asked.

"Yes it is." he answered

"Do you know a Mr. Henry Matthews ?" the voice asked

"Yes I do he's my cousin." C.J. answered

"This is Bay Memorial earlier tonight Mr. Matthews was shot right now he's in surgery but he had you listed as next of kin to be contacted." the nurse informed him.

"Is he ok ?" C.J. fear springing to his words.

" Mr. Halliwell I don't really know if you want to find out anything you have to come down here." the nurse said.

"Ok thank I'll be right down." he said hanging up his phone.

Prue was still on the phone and getting more information than he was so he decided he'd be the one to tell his Aunt Paige and Uncle Henry.

"Was that Lilly checking up on you ?" Chuck asked when he walked back in the room but he stopped when he saw the look on C.J.'s face.

"No Chuck it wasn't. Um Aunt Paige, Uncle Henry I just got a call from the hospital Hank was shot tonight he's in surgery but they couldn't tell me much until I go down there." C.J. informed them letting tears roll down his face.

"C.J. did they tell you how it happened." Henry asked putting his arm around his wife who dissolved into tears.

"No but Prue may know more she got a phone call too." C.J. said letting Phoebe take him in her arms.

"Aunt Piper, Uncle Leo that was Chris he said that he got shot in the arm but not to worry he is fine. But that Aunt Paige and Uncle Henry need to get to the hospital Hank is in bad shape he's lost a lot of blood." Prue said trying to stay strong.

"Did he tell you anything else ?" Paige asked finding he voice

"He said that Hank told him to tell you he loves you Aunt Paige." Prue said her voice faltering she was glad when Chuck walked up behind her and put his arm around her.

"Go on and go to the hospital I'll make sure all the girls get there and C.J. will get Ro, Liz, and Lilly but you guys just go now." Chuck instructed.

"Thank you Chuck." Paige said kissing him on the cheek.

"Prue make sure you call your grandpa Bubba would want him there." Piper said grabbing her car keys.

"I'll go get grandpa." C.J. volunteered shimmering out on the spot.

"Don't worry Prue it's going to be ok Henry is a strong healthy fighter he won't let a bullet stop him not before he gets to use his new bat." Chuck said soothing her.

"I know but I'm scared." Prue admitted.

"He'll be fine now let's go get the girls." Chuck said shimmering them to Paige's house.


Victor Bennett sat at his kitchen table along with a stack of paperwork he needed to get to he was actually relieved when he saw his youngest grandson shimmer in. But that relief was short lived when he saw the look on his face.

"Jake what is wrong ?" Victor asked he was just about the only male in the family that called him Jake.

"Grandpa Hank got shot tonight and so did Chris but they say Hank is in really bad shape." Jake informed him.

"Less talking more shimmering." Victor said as he got up from the table and took his hand.


"Chuck is my brother going to be ok is all I want to know." Patty yelled at Chuck as the tears rolled down her face.

"Oh sweety come here we don't know yet that's why we need to get to the hospital." Prue said pulling the younger girl to her.

"Come girls I need you to orb to my apartment so we can get in my SUV and drive to the hospital." Chuck said taking charge and they all did as he asked.


Chris sat on the side of the bed in a room in the ER his Sgt had to force him to get stitches in his arm because he wasn't going to leave the waiting room until he knew Henry was ok. God how had he been so blind to not know the guy was going to pull the trigger Hank had knew and he had saved his life this was all his fault.

Chris was surprised to see his mom and dad walk in followed by his Aunt Paige and Uncle Henry just as the Dr finished up his stitches.

"Am I done now doc ?" Chris asked impatiently as he hoped down off the table before the doctor could answer him.

"How do you feel ?" Leo asked his son

"Fine dad the bullet just grazed me and gave me a deep cut." Chris explained.

"Hey buddy how you holding up ?" Henry asked giving his nephew a grin.

Chris put an arm around his aunt and his uncle ignoring the pain and said "Aunt Paige Uncle Henry I am so damn sorry this is all my fault I'm supposed to look after him and let this happen you have every right to be pissed at me." tears were just streaming down his face as he said this.

"Look at me buddy this was not your fault." Paige said wiping some of the tears from his face.

"What happened ?" Henry asked as Chris led them to the right waiting room.

"Uncle Hen I don't know we were doing a routine sting and the guy made us for cops and started running and we chased him into this old warehouse and he pulled a gun that I didn't think he would use. I was trying to talk him down when he fired the first shot. Bubba saw what he was trying to do and he went to knock me out of the way and he got hit with the second bullet." Chris explained.

"Chris there was no way you could have known don't blame yourself." Henry told his nephew.


Phoebe, Coop, Jake, Victor, Ro, Liz, and Lilly were all in the waiting room when they got there.

Victor walked over to his grandson and wrapped him in a hug and asked "You ok sport ?"

"I'm fine grandpa." Chris assured him and then he remembered something "Aunt Paige he wants me to tell you he loves you."

"I know Prue told me." Paige said giving him a smile.

Chris sat down in a chair and had his head in his hands Piper sat next to him and was rubbing his back. He had been sitting this way for awhile when a man who had cop written all over him walked up to him.

"Officer Christopher P. Halliwell ?" The man asked walking up to him.

"Yes that's me." Chris confirmed sitting up.

"Inspector Matt Hunter from internal affairs I need to ask you a few questions concerning what happened to the other Officer Halliwell tonight." Inspector Hunter said offering Chris his hand.

"Look I need a few minutes to get my thoughts together and to wait for my partner to get out of surgery. As much as I would like to help IA I need some time right now." Chris said sounding worn out.

"I understand but if you could just tell me what you were doing right before the incident would be fine for right now." the inspector said hopefully.

"Inspector Hunter he said he needs a minute." Henry said coming to his aide.

"And I have an investigation to conduct." Hunter said.

" I just watched my partner who also happens to be my cousin get shot and I held him while he bled all over the place and promised him he would be ok. So forgive if I'm not in the mood to give a damn about your investigation." Chris said anger replacing his fatigue.

"If you want to do this the hard way I can go to your Sargent." Hunter threatened him.

"His Sargent wouldn't do a thing if I told him not to. And if Chris says he needs a minute then I say he can take as long as he wants." Henry said close to losing his temper.

"Who are you to have that kind of authority ?" Hunter asked testily.

"Captain Henry Mitchell now if you know what's good for you you'll stay away and let Chris come to you." Henry said flashing his badge causing the inspector to walk away quickly.

Henry was currently living his worst nightmare that Chris and Henry would get hurt on the job and that Piper and Paige would blame him for getting them into police work. So his temper was very short.

"Thanks Uncle Hen I just need time to sit and think and I'm sorry if I got too graphic I'm just really upset." Chris said a fresh set of tears coming to his eyes.

"Way to go dad I didn't think you had it in you." Carly said walking into the waiting room trailed by everyone who had come over in Chuck's car.

Henry grabbed his oldest daughter and pulled her to him in a hug.

Prue walked over to Chris hugged him and said "How you holding up Peanut ?"

"I'm fine don't worry about me Ladybug." Chris said giving her a small smile.

Next in line to hug him was Mel "Don't scare me like that any more Chris." Mel said hitting him in the back of the head.

"Ow that hurt." Chris complained.

"That's nothing compared to what Wy is going to do to you." Mel informed him..

"Oh shit." C.J. exclaimed slapping his forehead.

"What did you do now Jake ?" Lilly asked taking her boyfriend's hand.

" I forgot to call Wyatt." he admitted causing his sister to shoot death rays at him.

"He's on call just have him paged to this floor me and Hank do it all the time." Chris said wanting to stop a fight between Prue and C.J. and he moved to get up and go to he nurse's station.

"Chris I'll go have him paged you just stay put." Chuck said walking away.


Wyatt was scrubbing up getting ready to assist in a surgery when he heard the intercom going off paging him to the nurse's station on the floor he was on.

"Wyatt I'll take over for you." another resident said.

"Thanks whoever that is it better be good we don't often get a gsw in here on a Wednesday night." Wyatt said stomping off to see who wanted him. Were Chris and Hank ever going to be in huge trouble if this was them again.

Coming around the corner Wyatt saw his little brother sitting in the waiting room and he yelled "Chris whatever prank you and Henry have in mind is going to have to wait tonight." It was then that he noticed that all his family was in the waiting room.

"Somebody needs to tell me what the hell is going on here." Wyatt demanded.

"Wyatt, Henry was shot tonight and he wasn't in very good shape when they brought him here." C.J. explained to his oldest cousin.

"Chris he was with you he's younger than you are you're supposed to protect him." Wyatt ranted at his brother.

"I know that Wy I should have taken both bullets I would have had he not pushed me out of the way." Chris said tears starting to stream down his face again.

"Wyatt Chris did the best he knew how to do everyone needs to leave him alone right now." Henry said defending his nephew.

"Where was Hank shot Chris ?" Wyatt asked him.

"In his left shoulder really close to his heart, he bled a lot." Chris said trying to stop the flow of tears.

"He's the gun shot wound I just got called off of to come here. He is stable but the bullet fragmented when it hit his shoulder blade and severed an artery they stopped the bleeding and they're trying to get all the bullet out but they also pulled a bullet out of his rib cage on the right side." Wyatt explained.

"Wyatt is he going to be ok ?" Paige asked scared of what his answer might be.

"He should be fine now Aunt Paige I don't know what Chris did to help keep him alive but it worked. Nobody thought he would make it when they first brought him in." Wyatt said reassuringly.

"How much longer will he be in surgery ?" Henry asked

"Could be a couple hours still Uncle Hen they have to make sure to get everything out or else he could get infected. I could get off early and take the girls home so they can go to school and you guys can stay here if you want." Wyatt offered.

"No I'll stay and wait for Hank to get out of surgery." Mel said she was closer to him than she was her own brothers.

"No Mel you go let Wy take you guys to the apartment. You have a meet tomorrow after he trained you all summer to run Hank would never forgive you trust me he has it marked on his calendar at work." Chris said gritting his teeth when he moved sideways it felt like Hank had cracked one of his ribs.

"Chris Peanut what's the matter that looked like it hurt ?" Piper asked concerned about her son.

"Bubba was an All-American left tackle in high school is what's the matter when he pushed me out of the way I think he cracked my ribs." Chris said probing his rib cage with his fingers.

"Chris I'll take a look at it when you come home girls wait here while I go sign out I'll be right back." Wyatt said as he walked off limping a little.

"See that you get free medical care and you complain to me about living with him." Sarge said walking up to Chris shaking his hand.

"Don't make me laugh Sarge it hurts." Chris said smiling.

Then he saw Big Henry and said " Capt. I'm sorry about Hank he's one of the two best street narcs I have and not only that he's a good guy."

"Thanks Rafe." Henry said.

"Chris do you know where Hank's gun is no one else can find it ?" Rafe asked him.

"I have it Sarge they had to take it off of him in the ambulance on the way over here." Chris said giving Henry's gun to his Sgt.

"Thank you Chris IA would have had a field day if we lost his gun." Rafe said taking the gun from him.


"Thanks for coming home with me Liz." Wyatt said sitting down on the couch next to her easily so he didn't hurt his knee.

"You don't have to thank me Wy you're my best friend." Liz said putting her arm around him.

"Liz you're mine too." Wyatt said shifting his leg to get comfortable.

"Wy I want an honest answer how does your knee feel ? And don't say fine I saw you limping." Liz said in a warning tone.

"Truthfully it hurts today it almost hurts enough to make me forget I was a jackass to Chris." Wyatt said regretfully.

"Don't feel bad you were just being you Wy Chris knows that." Liz said trying to make him feel better.

"Lizzie Henry is going to be ok isn't he because when he came in tonight he wasn't doing good at all." Wyatt said sounding like a little boy.

"Wy he'll be ok he is one of the strongest men I know and I'm talking about mental strength not his overabundant muscles. He almost out stubborn's you." Liz said trying to comfort him.

"I'm not stubborn." Wyatt said.

"Yes you are now come on get up." Liz said pulling Wyatt by his arms.

"Why ?" Wyatt asked the word coming out as more of a whine.

"Because you're going to take some aspirin for your knee and I'm going to make you something to eat." Liz said punching him in the arm.

"That's it Shane you did it this time ." Wyatt said throwing her on the couch he began tickling her.

"Wyatt Matthew Halliwell you stop right now or I'll let you starve." Liz ordered him.

"You two so need to get a room ." Val said walking into the living room of the apartment from one of the bathrooms.

"Val it's not like that and you know it." Liz said sitting up.

"Yeah Val Wyatt and Liz couldn't possibly like each other that way bad things might happen if they would admit how they feel." Mel took to teasing her brother.

"Just for that Mel you can sleep on the couch. And I'll take Chris's room." Wyatt said.

"Wyatt your banned from Chris's room and you know it he says you may mess it up." Mel shot back.

"For real now here's how it's going to work. Val and Penny can sleep in Prue's room. Patty can sleep in Henry's room with the dog. Mel and Carly can sleep in Chris's room. And Liz can sleep in my room." Wyatt said taking charge making him feel better.


"Noogie how's he doing ? I came as soon as I got off work." Paige's oldest friend and the only the one that dared call her that Glen said embracing her.

"Better than they thought he would be he's in recovery right now they won't let me see him yet." Paige said thankful her only son was ok.

"That's why you're best friends with a fireman I talked them into letting one of you go be with him." Glen said.

"You go." was all Henry said to his wife.

"Thank you Glen." Paige said kissing him on the cheek.

"Just go and tell him I said hey and I'll see him soon." Glen said propelling her in the direction of the recovery room.

"Glen I don't know how you did it but thank you anyway." Henry said to his wife's former flame.

"You don't have to thank me besides it helps if your wife's father plays golf with the chief of staff." Glen said giving Henry a wink.

"Chris how you doing big guy I heard you got hit too ?" Glen asked

"I'm fine Uncle Glen it was just a flesh wound that took thirty-seven stitches to close it up." Chris said giving him a thumbs up.

"Good call Julie and tell her not to come home that your fine." Glen said talking about his oldest daughter.

"I don't know why she cares she was the one who wanted to take a break from us and you know she doesn't listen to me but I'll try." Chris said getting up dialing a number on his phone.

"Coop can't you do something to fix them she drives me crazy without him ?" Glen pleaded with the Cupid.

"I'm not touching this one as I already told Piper when she started in on me they're meant to be but they need time apart." Coop said saying more than he meant to and he added "don't tell them I said that."


What the hell is that beeping sound it can't be my alarm I'm off today god I have a headache. Oh screw might as well open my eyes and see what's going on. Henry's eyes fluttered open and a wave of panic swept through him he had no clue where he was. But he saw a familiar figure standing at the foot of his bed.

"Momma where am I ?" he managed to croak out.

"Relax Bubba you're in the hospital. You had an accident so they had to bring you here." Paige said kissing the top of his head.

"Is Chris ok ?" he asked not remembering what happened yet but if he got hurt chances were Chris was with him.

"Chris is fine don't worry about anything right now. Uncle Glen sends his love and says he'll see you soon." Paige said hoping to keep him calm.

"Momma I'm scared and I hurt all over." He said starting to panic again.

"I know Bubba just rest now because Daddy, Aunt Piper and Aunt Phoebe, Uncle Leo and Uncle Coop, Grandpa and all your friends are here to see you and you want to see them so just close your eyes and rest." Paige said soothingly to him.

"Where's Chris ?" he asked with tears in his eyes Chris was his partner he would never leave him but his mom hadn't mentioned him. What if he was hurt really bad too ?

"Chris is here too baby he wouldn't leave you like that." Paige assured him

"If I close my eyes and rest can I see him when I wake up ?" he asked tired of her giving him the run around.

"Yes I promise you can see him. Now just close your eyes." Paige said running her hand through his hair.

Half an hour later they had finally gotten Henry into a room he was still sleeping so Paige had to leave him to go tell the others even though she hated to.

"Ok the doctors said that he's going to be ok but he's in critical condition and he's really scared and confused right now." Paige said as she went back into the waiting room.

"Did they say when we could see him ?" Piper asked he was like her third son because he and Chris were so close.

"Right now as long as nobody does anything to upset him. Chris he really is worried about where you are I don't think he remembers what happened but he knows you were with him and that you might be hurt." Paige said and did a double take after seeing the blond beside him.

"Well I go see him after you and Uncle Henry." Chris said gripping the hand of the young blond woman tighter.

"Chris I want you to see him first if he's that worried about you and I know you're worried about him. I can wait now that I know he's ok." Big Henry said urging him to go.

Chris let go of the blond's hand and got up to go "Babe I'll walk down and get you some coffee while you visit Henry." she said grabbing his hand again and walking with him.

As they walked away Paige turned to Glen and asked "How did Julie get here so quick ?"

"She forced Chris to go get her and bring her back here that's how." Piper said grinning a little.

Paige shook her head and said "That's what I thought."


Henry woke to someone calling his name and nudging him gently not too gently though cause it sure hurt like hell. He breathed a sigh of relief when he opened his eyes and saw Chris standing there.

"Hey Bubba how do you feel ?" Chris asked when he saw his partner open his eyes.

"Like I got hit by a Mack Truck." Henry said finding his sarcasm.

"How are you C Perry ?" Henry asked wanting to know he was ok

"I'm perfect don't worry about me." Chris said assuring her like his aunt wanted him to do.

"Chris I can't remember anything about what happened right now." Henry worried

"Forget about it all right now. I'll stay here as long as you want me to but I'm going to go get your mom and dad Uncle Hen wants to see you." Chris said kissing his cousin on the forehead not caring what anyone thought about it.


"Aunt Paige, Uncle Henry it's eight in the morning I'll stay with him I'm not even tired go home get some rest I'll be right here with him the whole time I swear." Chris said.

"Alright but when you get tired call little Coop and have him come sit with him if one of us isn't back." Henry said knowing he had to get himself and his wife home.

Hank had been in his room since about four that morning and there was nothing to do but sit with him while he slept and calm him down in his few waking moments. Chris was confident he could do that.

"Uncle Hen regardless of the piss poor job I did last night I can take care of him." Chris said beating himself up.

"Chris stop it now you didn't do anything wrong last night. Whatever you did before the paramedics got to him saved his life so don't be so hard on yourself." Paige said giving him a smile.

"Aunt Pay I'm sorry I just blame myself like Wy said I'm older I should have protected him." Chris said blowing out an exasperated breath.

"There was nothing you could have done. Now stop beating yourself up before I get your Aunt Phoebe to come psycho analyze you." Paige said jokingly kissing him on the head before she left.

"Chris if you don't hear from one of us by noon call somebody else to come sit with him and go home and get some sleep Buck." Henry ordered using his nickname for Chris.

"Ok I got it we'll both be fine just go and don't send my mom or Aunt Phoebe here." Chris said forcing them to go.


"Chuck why didn't you wake me up I'm late for work." Prue said walking into the kitchen in his apartment.

"Aunt Paige pulled me aside before we left the hospital and told me to let you sleep and not to worry about going to the office today." Chuck said giving her a smile.

"Well in that case I think you just might be the best boyfriend in the world right now." Prue said sitting on his lap and kissing him.

"You don't want to hear the rest of what she told me to do to you." Chuck said wrapping his arms around her waist.

"You're right I don't want to know. But I'm glad that she is so cool with us." Prue said laying her head on his shoulder.

"So why don't we just tell everyone else ? We can't hide this much longer." Chuck asked

"I know I think my dad and Jake suspect that I'm with someone. And I'm almost positive that Hank knows. Chris for sure knows we just don't talk about it. Wy is too busy being blind to what he feels for Liz to notice us. I'm just really scared of what my mom is going to say because of Cole." Prue explained to him.

"Well I'll tell you what we'll burn that bridge when we get there." Chuck said kissing her neck.


C.J. opened the door to the office that his dad had given him when he turned sixteen and had begun working for him almost all of the time. Today though he had an unexpected visitor waiting for him

"You must be a charmer that girls a keeper." Cole said sitting behind his desk holding a picture that he and Lilly had taken out by a lake one day.

"What the hell do you want Cole ?" C.J. asked giving him a death glare.

"The truth from you about why the bounty hunters are out after you." Cole said simply.

"I have no clue what you're talking about." C.J. said cooly.

"You have too much good magic in you for the bounty hunters to be able to track even using your demonic powers won't tip them off it has to be something else." Cole said looking at him pointedly.

"Cole get the hell out of my office." C.J. said conjuring an energy ball and aiming it at him.

Cole shimmered out with a smirk on his face he had just found confirmation of what he had believed.

C.J. put the energy ball out and sat down at his desk what Cole noticed however that he didn't was that he hadn't conjured an energy ball it was a fireball.