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Chapter 1: Witness
Piper held her three-year-old daughter's hand. "Come on, Laurie," she said and tugged her daughter's hand. Laurie just looked at her mother. Piper picked Laurie up and carried her across the street.
It was dark out and Piper didn't feel really safe. She just wanted to get home and read a story to Laurie and tuck her into bed.
Piper and Laurie rounded a corner and Piper could hear arguing. The voices kept rising and rising. Piper hid in the darkened doorway of a closed store. She didn't want Laurie to see a fight.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" she asked in her small, childish voice.
"Nothing, Sunshine. Just be quiet." Piper held Laurie closer as the argument became louder.
The two men stepped into her view. Piper held Laurie to her chest so she didn't have to see. The taller of the two men, wearing black, pushed the other man. The other man pushed back and the man in black pulled out a gun.
He expended eight rounds into the man he was arguing with. The man fell to the ground, clearly dead.
Piper couldn't help but let out a little gasp. The noise had scared Laurie and she began to cry. Piper tried to quiet her before the man in black noticed, but it was too late.
He turned towards them. He must have been out of bullets because he dropped the clip out of the gun and began to load a new one in.
But sirens began to go off in the distance. Someone must have heard the gun shots and called the police.
The man took one long look at her and Laurie before sprinting in the opposite direction of the sirens.
Piper just stayed where she was, holding her daughter tight, looking at the bloody mess before her.
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Leo Wyatt held the little girl's hand. He was taking her back to her mother, who just finished up interrogation with other police officers. He had gently interrogated the child, making it fun and easy for Laurie. All she had revealed was, 'loud noises,' in her words.
Leo assumed she was talking about the gunshots. The little girl was beautiful. She had curly light brown hair pulled into pigtails. She had a fair complexion and her eyes were a brilliant shade of green. Upon closer look, you could see flecks of brown mixed with the green, but the green was so bright the brown was hardly noticed.
Leo held the girl's hand and walked towards the interrogation room where her mother was being held. Through the window he could see the back of a woman with long brown hair standing up, arms wrapped around herself.
The woman didn't turn around until Leo opened the door and walked in with her daughter. When she heard the door open, she turned around and bent down to the floor, wrapping her daughter in a tight hug.
"Mommy!" Laurie squealed with delight.
Leo watched the reunion with pleasure. He liked seeing the mother and daughter both happy.
The mother let go of Laurie just a bit. She looked up at Leo and the smile on her face faded away.
When he saw her face, he thought he would pass out.
"Piper," he said.
"Hello, Leo."
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Author's Note: Not a lot happening yet, but I promise there will be later. I hope you all like it so far. Please review to let me know what you think.