Chapter 2

Beware the eyes of Phoebe

Episode 9.03

It's been almost 3 weeks sense Piper's anger almost ripped the family apart and everyone was getting back to their so called normal lives. Phoebe was running late to work at the Bay Mirror as usual and rushed through the double class doors. She strained caring her bronzed colored purse as her dark pink laptop bag strap dug into her bear shoulder, and her black strapless blouse let her shoulders show fully. Her black leggings had a red abstract design and blended into her black boots. Her hair was up in a ponytail with a few strands hanging down and got in the way of her cell phone, so she flick them away as she hung up the phone and put it into her purse. It was 8:30 AM and she was already showing signs of being a little frazzled.

"Oh I really need coffee" She said making her way through the room.

Without a word all the staff members got up from their seats and moved with purpose, as their all rushed towards the coffee maker.

"Don't I am getting it for her!" Tom yelled as he pushed Sue out of the way.

"No, I am," Mike said as he pushed Tom.

Phoebe paused and looked at the seen in puzzlement.

"It's ok, I can get it you can go back to work," And with that said she watched everyone stop and sit back down, like the incident never happened.

"Ok, that was odd," she mumbled and continued on her way to her office. After walking in she shots the door and peeks through the blinds at her coworkers for a few seconds, until her phone rings and removes her from that task to answer the ringing annoyance.

"Hello, Paige what's wrong you sound...," Phoebe asks expecting demon but was cut off when Paige orbed into the room holding her cell phone to her ear.

"Frazzled," Paige said as she hung up her phone and put it in her blue jeans pocket.

"What's wrong? And you know better than to orb here, someone could have saw you," Phoebe said as she stood up from her desk to make sure all the blinds where shut tightly.

"I looked first and that is off subject,"

Phoebe walked back over to her paper covered desk and sat back down, "Sorry what's wrong sweetie?"

"Henry is a saccade," Paige replied while folding her arms.

That statement made the middle sister look over her classes, "A sa...what?"

"A jerk, and also means eye movement, but that's not the point, he is a jerk," Paige replied while rolling her eyes.

"Paige, beside the fact that your vocabulary is expanding, you guys just got married you shouldn't be fighting yet, unless the sex is not all that goo….."

"No, that's not it its good when we're not fighting. He is getting mad that I'm not home that much,"

"Well you're a whitelighter and a charmed one, so unfortunately he gets the short end of the stick sometimes," Phoebe said with a little laugh.

"I know but it's not like I don't want to be around him, I want to be around him all the time, I love him."

"Wait, talk about role reversal," Phoebe says as she looked up from her desk.

"Come again?"

"I'm not the one you need to talk to, you need to talk to Leo about this and find out how he handled Piper."

"Didn't Piper just blow him up all the time?"

"Yeah, but they worked it out didn't they, and henry is mortal so on the bright side he can't blow you up."

Paige looks down at the desk and a bowl of candy that seemed to be the only thing that didn't have a sticky note or piece of paper attached to it, and grabbed a couple of pieces of chocolate. "Don't give me that look, I need comfort food."

"Phoebe gives her baby sister a sideways look," Are you saying I'm being avaricious?"

"Funny," Paige replied and orbed out of the room.

"Kids These days," Phoebe said as she grabbed some candy herself," Yummy chocolate,"

Piper was already dressed for the day and was preparing ingredients for lunch. The shiny blue sleeveless blouse showed just enough cleavage, she always believed in subtle seduction and was definitely the more conservative dresser of the sisters. Leo came into the kitchen making sure not to interrupt her cutting of the vegetables as he moved behind her. He moved her long dark hair out from one side and kissed her lower neck.

"Hi there," Piper said as she closed her eyes savoring the moment.

"Hi there," Leo's voice was muffled slightly.

Piper put the knife down and turned towards her handsome husband, who was also ready for the day in his flannel shirt and blue jeans.

"Want some afternoon delight?" Piper said now kissing him on the lips.

"I don't know the vegetables might be watching,"

"Yak, kissy face, kissy face," Wyatt said as he walked into the kitchen and then quickly ran out.

"Was it good for you honey?" Piper said turning away from him and continuing her earlier task.

"We will finish this later," Leo said as he started heading out of the kitchen.

"You bet we will," Piper replied through a deep sigh.

"You can't find me and Chris daddy," Their oldest son yelled from the other room.

"Look Like the game's afoot," Leo said looking back at his wife and then exited the room in a sneaky fashion.

"Come on daddy try to find us,"

"I'm coming," Leo yelled back and was gone from view as he continued his pursuit for his 2 sons.

"If you play your cards right," Piper said under her breath with a little smile."

It was these moment's that made all the heartache and drama worth it. Her two sons wanted to play hide and seek with their father, as she made a great mail for her family. It was a place they never thought they get too, and warmth came over her. After all the crying for sorrow she felt a tear of happiness take its place on her cheek. This one she refused to wipe away, refused to be ashamed of or to feel week from. It was a tear of strength and triumph, and hoped for many more as the years would pass by.

Her moment of glee would be interrupted by her baby sister orbing in and without even saying hello first, she pulled out a piece of chocolate from her pocket and with one fast motion unwrapped the delicate foil and popped it into her mouth.

"Yummy chocolate," She said as she watched Piper turned towards the sink to clean the vegetables off.

"Hey yeah missy Paige" Piper greeted her sister without looking at her, not because she was embarrassed about crying, she just didn't want the dam question that came with it. The tear had run its course and now she could face her new arrival.

"Is Leo here?"

"Yeah his playing Hide and seek with the boys, why?"

"Considering they can both orb that should be interesting," Paige said as she sat down at the kitchen table.

"He loves it, he always tries to outsmart them," Piper said as she put the vegetables back into a bowl they originally came from.

"Well maybe he can use his smarts on me," Paige said looking at her older sister inquisitively.

"Pardon?" Piper replied giving Paige a sideways look.

"How did you guys do it, I mean you were mad at Leo a lot when he had whitelighter duties and yet you still made it,"

"It wasn't easy Paige, and I don't feel good about making him choose between me and a charge, it took time for me to understand that his job sometimes came first."

Paige folded her arms, "Well tell that to Henry."

"Tell you what, why don't you guys come over for dinner tonight and I'll talk to Henry and you can talk to Leo," Piper said as she walked over to the class front cabinet.

"That would be great Piper, wait don't you need to run the club and restaurant tonight?

"No, I hired a manager and some more

"Waitresses, so it should be fine, anyways things with Leo have been going good and I want to take advantage of it before the other show..."

"Don't say it Piper it will be fine, you know I'm starting to understand your shoe obsession now."

Piper narrowed her eyes at Paige and gave her an understanding smile. But Paige only looked up; it was the way Leo looked when one of his charges where calling and knew the look very well.

"Looks like duty calls," Piper said as she moved some things around on the counter.

"Yap, well at least its close," Paige replied softening her expression.

Piper quickly turned with her hands on her hips as the sound of a shoe falling played out in her mind. "Wait, what do you mean close?

"Piper its ok, I think it's my new charge the elders assigned me"

"Oh you should go now," Piper said a little more relaxed.

"its ok she just scenes confused more than anything else."

Paige started orbing away, "Be here around 7! Piper was able to say as the blue and white orbs floated toward the ceiling.

"Ok, thanks again," Paige said before she was finely gone.

Piper went to the cabinet, but when she opened it, Chris is laughing at her and smiling wide but she jumped from being startled.

"Chris! You're so bad," His wide eyed mother said with hathcock smile.

Chris giggles and orbs away as Leo comes running into the kitchen but stops at the doorway.

"Did I miss him?" He asks out of breath.

"Yep."

"Ready or not here I come!" Leo yelled looking up at the ceiling and before jetting back out he gave his wife a wink.

"God this family needs help." She said as she started her creation again.

Piper was busy putting ingredients into bowls as she could hear laughing from upstairs, but something else was smiling from the gardened and its intentions were not of child's play. The creature was backing away into the sanctuary of the trees as the Halliwell house lived in a moment of bliss.

Sounds of silverware scraping plates and heavy sighs filled the dining room as everyone leaned back to give their full stomach a moment of rest. Paige, Henry, Piper and Leo had cleaned their plates and were now sipping the red wine.

"Fantastic as usual," Leo said as he picked up the plates from the table.

"Thanks honey," Piper replied and handed Leo her plate.

"Oh, I'm chockablocked," Paige said as she leaned back holding her stomach.

Henry gave his wife an odd look, "What?"

"Sorry full," Paige replied and took a drink of wine.

"What's up with the thesaurus Paige? Piper asks while wiping her mouth with a napkin.

"I'm trying to learn a new word every day."

"You don't have a enough to do?" Piper asks now doing a little stretch of her own.

"You have time to learn a new word but no time to talk to me for two seconds," Henry said with a little Irritation in his voice.

"I don't think the….," Piper tried to complete her sentence but was cut off by Paige.

"What, I do it when I'm orbing Henry," her voice starting to rise a little as well.

"Well maybe you….." Piper tried again but was interrupted.

"It's the point of the whole thing, I never see you anymore," Henry replied raising his voice to compete with his wife's.

"I'm sorry my job takes a lot of time out of my day Henry, I don't work 8 to 5."

Piper hated getting cut off by anyone and tried not to let her infamous temper cut them to pieces. She watched the two go back and forth until finally she had enough.

"HAY!" Piper yelped out and they stopped dead in their tracks. "Paige, could you go help Leo in the kitchen while I talk to Henry?"

Paige stood up very stern and made her way to the kitchen," Sure, maybe I could learn to tap dance on the way," she managed to get in before she was out of site.

Henry gave her a very stern look back as she left the dining room. There was an awkward silence for a moment as he looked hard at his wine class and began moving it in a circular motion which caused the wine the swirl around. "I bet she would learn how to do that instead of talk to me," his voice barely audible. Piper heard him and tried not to laugh as she remembered her moments of mumbling to herself when Leo would orb out.

"You ok?" She asks

"Yeah I'm fine, I just never know when my wife is coming home, or if she's been killed or taken by a demon," he quickly said and continued to play with his wine.

"I know Henry and I promise things will get better, you need to understand that she loves you so much, Leo and I had some bad times but we came to an understanding," Piper said as she took his wine glass from him to keep it from spilling over onto the table.

Henry's hardened expression changed to a softer one." I know it's just hard, Piper I don't want to lose her."

For a brief moment Piper renumbered the loss of Prue and turned away for a moment to keep her eyes from watering. "Yeah me either, you need to make some ground rules and not let magic take over every aspect of your life. But don't make her choose between a charge and you. Trust me; the last thing you want is resentment if she loses her wings."

"Your right thanks Piper and can I have my wine back?" Henry replied giving her a thoughtful smile.

"Only if you promise not to spill it?" She said with a chuckle and pushed the glass of wine back to him.

Leo was washing the dishes when Paige came to help with the daunting job. Every time he has to do the dishes he also thinks about a dishwasher and why the hell they do not have one yet.

"Oh he makes me so mad sometimes, like he forgot who I was after we were married," Paige's voice clearly sounded frustrated as she heavy handed the dishes.

"Hay careful."

"Sorry Leo, it's just frustrating."

"I know been there done that."

"So how did you handle Piper?"

"I let her blow me up a lot," He said with a small laugh.

"Leo, come on," Paige replied with a little laugh of her own.

"There is no magic wand, excuse the pun, I had to find balance."

"Easier said than done." Paige replied.

The sound of the front door opening and closing hard took all of them out of there bonding moments as a very angry Phoebe walked in. This was not a good sign considering she is the more easy-going of the sisters and was hard to anger.

"Phoebe what's wrong?" Leo asks concerned.

"Oh sometimes I hate Elise," She spout out and stopped to meet Leo and the others.

"That's your boss right," Henry asks unsure.

"No she is my lover, we meet on the weekends and play croquette." Phoebe replied with a straight face to Henry, but noticed his eyes dotting around to the rest of the group and decided to end is confusion. "Yes she is my boss.

"Like you would play croquette," Piper said rolling her eyes.

Phoebe gives her older sister a slight stare and sees the wine glasses on the dining room table. "Hay how come I wasn't invited," She asks a little hurt, but before anyone could answer she continued her rant. "Oh never mind she just pisses me off sometimes."

"Well its better than being pissed on," Sorry I'm not sure where that came from," Paige said looking up in puzzlement.

"What happened?" Leo asks in hopes of getting to the bottom of this before sunrise.

"We had a power outage at work and I lost my column."

"You still don't save often do you?" Piper said as she started heading back to the dining room to clean up.

"So not helping Piper, she wouldn't extend my dead line and I was opposed to have a nice quiet romantic night with Coop," The disturbed sister replied.

"Well its only 8 and..." Paige tried to be supportive but was cut off.

"I know I just got it done and then coop got called away," Phoebe said.

"Sounds familiar," Henry said with a snort.

"I wish someone would erase all of her files so she would know what it felt like to start over," Phoebe said while looking at Paige.

Paige did not say a word and orbed away.

"Where did she go?" Henry asks a little confused.

"Maybe a charged called," Piper replied very unsure.

"See now she won't even say goodbye," Henry's angry voice said and before anyone could react to that comment Paige orbed back in looking at everyone oddly.

"Paige where did you go?" Phoebe asks.

"What, What are you talking about?" Paige said tilting her head.

"You just orbed out without saying anything," Piper said now walking back into the room.

"My charge, she's in trouble I need to go," Paige said in a rush and orbed away again.

"What the hell is going on?" Phoebe said and threw her hands in the air.

"Well at least she told us this time," Piper responded trying to defend her baby sister.

"Why is that not comforting?" Henry asks

"Give it time Henry you guys will work it out," Leo said patting Henry on the back.

"You want some leftovers?" Piper asks in attempts to change the subject.

"Sure sense I will not be having any with Coop tonight, where are my favorite nephews anyway?"

"Upstairs playing video games," Leo answered.

"Oh, good more violence," Piper said as she renumbered that Wyatt almost became evil.

"Piper it's just a racing game."

"Oh, so now they will start throwing real cars around," Piper replied to her husband with a sideways look.

Paige orbs back in holding a little green lizard in her hand and everyone was now focused on the little creature that seemed to be clueless on where it was.

"What the hell, your charge is a lizard?" Phoebe asks through a smile.

"No, she is a shape shifter and she is a new witch," Paige replied proudly.

"Oh the good old days," Piper said as she bent down to get a better look at the new witch.

Henry noticed something out of the corner of his eye and turns to look into the dark solarium and sees a silhouette of something moving, but can't make it out while everyone else is captivated by the lizard.

"She's just a little scared," Paige said holding the lizard gently.

"It's ok," Phoebe said in a baby voice and leaned in a little.

"Oh guys," Henry said trying to get their attention as the dark mass was moving slowly into the light, but no one hears him.

"Yeah, she just needs to get used to it," Paige said.

Henry was starting to get very nervous as the mass seemed to be the size of a very large dog. "Guys."

"Honey what is it?" Paige asks a little irritated.

"Oh just that!" Henry replied as he started to back away while pointing towards the solarium.

The creature moved into the light and is looking at the stairs. Piper throws her hands up to blast it but it does not budge.

Piper new where the creature was going and her motherly protective instinct kicked in while everyone else stared at the creature trying to think; trying to will themselves to respond.

"Oh no you don't," She said through her teeth as she stepped forward and tried to blast it again, but her power hits the entry door behind it causing the 6 foot creature to stop its movement towards the stairs and growls at her. Its head was shaped like a dragon but also had some dog like features. Its red color skin was shiny, and it had long spikes all over it. Its eyes where dark and had black vapor rising out of them while its 3 sharp claws dug into the hard wood floor as it approached them cautiously.

"What the hell is that thing?" Henry's shaky voice asks.

"We should get the kids out of here now," Phoebe finely found her own voice and looked at Paige.

"Paige orb!" Piper demanded and grabbed her arm with Phoebe and the others.

Paige was getting ready to orb with all of them touching her with the lizard in her hand, when the creature smacked its tail on the floor hard sending a shock wave at them, knocking them down hard. Paige hit her head and was knocked out causing her to lose her grasp on the lizard and it fell out of her hand.

Phoebe was knocked back as well and was the first to rise. "Paige!"

"Oh god is she ok?" Piper's shaken voice asks as she got up and ran to her fallen sister and looked over at Leo and Henry who were also knocked out. She was terrified for her family, her boys who played unknowing upstairs while the ones they loved could be wiped out in a hart beat.

"Call Wyatt!" Phoebe yelled and hated asking. He was only 6 and he should not have to save them but the other way around. But she was at a loss, Paige was knocked out and Piper's power was not working on it while the creature was getting closer, and seemed to enjoy the fear he bestowed on them.

Piper suddenly recognizes the creature from what Leo described three weeks ago.

The little lizard transformed into a young woman in her 20's while everyone was shuffling about trying to either get away or fight the creature and did not notice her. She ran her hand through her short dark hair and her dark eyes looked shocked at the scene before her.

"I can't, his forced field doesn't work around that thing remember!" Piper yelled and backed up to the others.

"Can you freeze it?" Phoebe asks as she helped Leo and Henry to their feet and was trying to wake up Paige.

The creature was moving closer and the red pupils of its eyes moved from one to the other. Piper did what her baby sister requested and flicked her wrist, but nothing happened.

"Nope," Piper's voice cracked a little as she was now standing next to her sisters and the new witch that did not say one word while staring terrified into the dark smoky eyes of the beast.

"Oh god, we need to get the dam thing away from them, what is your name?" Phoebe said as she looked at Leo, Henry and the new witch.

The creature talks but it is in a different language that they could not understand, except the young woman.

"Ka...Kara and I think it said if you call for your son he will kill him," Kara replied with a stutter.

"Wait you can understand it?" Piper asks confused.

"I guess so, but I don't know how," She replied while backing up.

The creature stopped and with a slight tilt to its head, gave Kara a hard look.

"Well I'm not going to stand here at let that thing touch my nephews," Phoebe said as her fighting mode kicked in.

Piper tried to stop Phoebe but she was too far away from her. The creature's 7 foot tail swung out from behind him and ripped through the wall, hitting Phoebe dead center in the chest. She left the ground but was stopped in midair and was now encased in a clear bubble. Piper stood there in shock with her hand out up staring at the blood that was also frozen in the bobble coming out of Phoebe's chest.

"Oh my god," Piper said as she put her outstretched hand over her mouth.

While Piper and Kara where looking at Phoebe the creature spikes began to grow moving like snakes as they rose up from its body.

"What happened to Phoebe?" Paige said as she stood up and was focused on her older sister. "Look out!" Leo yelled and ran towards them.

Before any of them could react the 30 spikes shot out heading right towards them but stopped inches away from them. Piper and Kara had their arms up in a defensive position while Paige had her eyes closed trying to orb. All of them froze in place except Kara, who stood there with her arms over her head and her face was shocked while her was body shaking.

"What the hell, what do I do?" Kara said as she lowered her arms.

Kara looks around and sees two very young boys standing on the steps, one of them putting his hand out but they were frozen in place too. Kara looked at were the boy was pointing at and saw blue orbs around everyone's feet.

"Oh god you were trying to orb them away." The young and very frightened woman said and began to look around the room for something anything she could use to stab the creature with. She stopped when she saw a coat rack made of metal lying on the ground were the wall was taken out. She picked it up and walked over to the creature tentatively. "I don't know if I should be doing this," she said while standing beside the frozen creature.

Kara plunged the pointed end into the large beast hard and near its neck. It reacted and pulled back its spikes as was clearly confused and bleeding heavily from the wound. Kara jumped back out of the way as the creature thrashed in pain and ran out of the front door but saying something in its language back at Kara.

"Weaver?" She said now backing up to the others.

Piper and the others unfroze and because of the momentum of what was coming at them minutes before, fell on their backsides.

"What happened?" Paige said noticing that the creature was gone and a blood trail led out the door.

Piper got up and saw her two sons on the stairs; she probed the room looking for the creature. "Where is it?" she asks as her eyes searched the room.

"It's gone I think," Kara answered through a shaking voice.

"What, how?" Paige asks.

"I stabbed it with a coat rack," the 20 something answered.

"But you were behind us," Piper said as she tended to her husband slightly injured forehead.

"Are you ok?" Henry asks his wife.

"Yeah, just my but hurts," She replied while rubbing her behind.

Piper heard her oldest son and immediately ran for the stairs. She stopped for a moment as her two boys were clearly shaken and Chris was crying while holding his brothers hand.

"Wyatt, Chris are you ok sweetheart, "The panicked mother asks while giving a tight hug to both of them.

"How are my buddies?" Leo asks as he took them out of Piper's shanking grasp and picked them up.

"Fine daddy, were ok," Wyatt said as he put his head into his father's rapidly moving chest.

"I want you and the boys out of here now Leo!" Piper said in a strong voice as she descended the stairs.

"But it's," Leo tried to respond but found he would not be able to complete his sentence.

"I don't care, please I don't want to worry about you guys while we need to fix Phoebe," His wife cut him off and was now standing in front of her middle sister who was motionless inside a large clear bubble.

Leo realized this was a losing fight and did what she asks, "Ok, just be careful, if that thing shows up again just get out," he said and orbed away with his two sons and Henry, who seemed to be out of words at the moment.

"What happened here?" Paige said as she studies the bubble.

"I don't know, did you do this?" Piper asks looking at Kara.

"NO! I don't know," Kara replied and backed away from the group.

Paige could see the panic in Kara's face and approached her calmly, "Honey its ok; just try to tell us what happened?"

"I put my arms down and you guys were just standing there but not moving, and that thing was frozen or something."

"Piper did you..?" Paige asks her oldest sister.

"I can't freeze good witches remember, so it couldn't have been me."

"Maybe it was Wyatt," Paige asks.

"He was frozen too, that's one of your sons right?" Kara's voice was starting to sound normal again as she asks Piper.

Yeah it is but how did you know he was my son?"

"I saw him on the stairs holding his hand out and blue orbs around you guys."

"He was trying to save us," Piper said as she put her hand to her chest.

"But it would have been too late; those spiking things were about an inch away from you guys."

"He would have lost his whole family if it wasn't for you," Paige said now standing next to Kara.

"Thank you," Piper's voice cracked while her eye's watered slightly.

"I would say you're welcome but I have known idea what I did. And it doesn't help her," Kara replied while pointing to the bubble incased Phoebe.

"Well I need to go talk to the elders, I will orb you guys to magic school," Paige said as she took Piper's and Kara's hand.

Piper pulled away from her baby sister and walked over to Phoebe. "No I'm not leaving her alone."

"Well I'm not leaving you guys alone with that thing creeping around," Paige replied while putting her hands on her hips.

"We'll be fine and anyway Kara hurt it so it will lick its wounds for a while. If we need you we will call for you," Piper said as she investigated Phoebe's predicament.

"Fine," Paige said and orbed away.

The brightness of the white clouds and sunlight made Paige adjust her vision after orbing to where the elders live. Even though it was moments ago that their lives where almost extinguished, she felt calm and a warmth in this place. She looked around trying to find any elder that could help with the bubble problem and finally found a man in white robes with his hood covering his head.

"Can we get a little help here?" She asks while approaching the man.

"Paige we are glad you're here, we have some news to tell you," The elder said as he removed his hood. His hair was mostly white and his features soft while his deep blue eyes looked at Paige lovingly.

"So do I." Paige said.

"It seems that Piper and Phoebe have some new powers," he said while pulling his hands out of his robes sleeves.

"I got Piper, the bobble thing but what about Phoebe's?"

"She has the power of persuasion."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Paige replied in a slight whisper.

"She would not get this power if she could not handle it Paige. Anyway, she will be able to make people or demons do what she wants them to do."

"Not to sound selfish but what about me?"

"We feel as if you will be getting one too but we are not sure what it will be."

"What about Kara, she froze us and that thing?"

"We do not know much about her yet, we know she is a shape shifter but for the other power we don't know."

"She is a witch right?" Yes but she seems to be something else and sense she is the only one who can affect the creature, you need to work with her on her powers, witch and none witch. We will reassign your other charges for now until we feel she has a grasp of it."

"Do you guys know what is going on?"

"Not yet, but there is a strange power out there not demon and not witch, right now it is small but we feel it is building."

"Ok, so how does Piper get Phoebe out of the bobble thing?" Paige asks not wanting to talk about a new power coming. She had flashbacks of Billy and Christy for a moment and she did not want to go down that road again.

"She will need to use something that she finds difficult to do," The elder said smiling a little.

"Why are you smiling?" Paige replied a little taken back at the elder's reaction.

"It just seems a little poetic," the elder stopped smiling as he noticed Paige's concerned look. "Any who, she will need to find calm in herself and rewind time in the bobble."

"Wait, you mean she will need to find a happy place," Paige said with a snort.

"You could say that."

"I don't think she has a happy place."

"Well unless you want your other sister to be stuck in a bobble, Piper will need to find one."

"Ok, thanks I will share the good news," Paige said while rolling her eyes.

Piper was circling the bubble that encased Phoebe and had to turn away when she got to the front of her sister. Blood was shooting out of her chest that came from a big gaping hole that she could see right through, and she felt sick from the site of it. The middle sister seemed oblivious to everything as she hung in midair with her back arch from when she was hit by the large tail. Her eyes were closed tightly and her mouth was wide open while her face was contorted in pain. Paige had already orbed down telling them the good news as Kara sat down on the couch.

"A happy place, Paige!" Piper said as she turned away from Phoebe and watched her baby sister walk over to the bubble and tried to touch it.

"Don't do that, how would you like it someone busted your bobble, wow I thought I would never say that in a literal sense," Kara said and looked sideways for a moment.

"Well I wish someone would bust this one or rewind it, seeing Phoebe's guts' hanging out is starting to make me a little nauseous," Paige replied wrinkling her face.

What if I rewind time too far and she becomes a baby, she was not a fun baby," Piper's voice raised at the last part.

"Well just think of it as the little girl you always wanted," Paige replied while playing with her hands.

"Not funny Paige."

It's ok I know your scared, boy do I know that feeling but there has to be something that makes you calm, just think of that. At least you don't turn yourself into a dam lizard," Kara said as she got up to stand next to Piper.

"Kara!" Paige said.

"Sorry, I mean you must have a happy place or you would have blown the house up by now," Kara replied now backing away from Piper.

Piper tilted her head slightly and narrowed her expression, "Considering we just met how do you even know I can blow up anything, and don't you think that is a little quick to judge?"

"Well she calls them how she sees them," Paige said in defense of her new charge.

"I'm sorry; when I get nervous I say stupid things and Paige told me about you guys when I met her."

Piper it's going to be ok you can do this, you wouldn't have got this power if you couldn't handle it," Paige said as she rubbed her oldest sisters back.

"Right, "Piper replied and took a deep breath, "You know I don't even know how it works."

"Think of Leo and how he makes you feel and then transfer that to the bobble," Paige suggested.

"You know like when you do the bang bang, unless the bang is not that good, then that would be a disappointing place," Kara said.

"Been there," Paige added.

"Done that," Kara finished.

"Shut it," Piper said.

Piper closed her eyes and thought of her husband, the man she loved more than anything except her two boys. She thought of his touch and how it would calm her, how it would soothe her and the warmth that came from his hands. She raised her right arm and put her hand out with her fingers stretched out. She then moved her hand to the left and Phoebe began going in reverse. The blood went back into her body and the gaping wound closed as Phoebe's features went back to normal. Piper opened her eyes and stopped her hand movement and the bobble went away.

"What happened?" A very confused sister asks.

"Oh, thank god," Piper said and rushed to give Phoebe a hug.

"Who is that and where is Prue? Phoebe said while pointing at Paige.

"Oh no, I knew it!" Piper's said with her hand over her face.

"Piper I'm joking I'm joking, its ok," Phoebe said with a laugh.

"Wait how did?" Paige started to ask but was cut off by Phoebe.

"Yeah, it was weird I could hear everything."

"Did you fill any pain?" Piper asks nervously.

"No, I felt nothing."

"After that joke I'm kinda of disappointed," Piper Replied folding her arms.

"Hay," Phoebe said and tapped her on the arm on her way to the couch. "So I have the power of persuasion?" she added proudly.

"Apparently you heard that, and it looks that way," Paige answered and sat on the couch next to Phoebe.

"I love getting new powers."

"I don't," Piper interjected as she sat on the large Loveseat.

"Yeah it's kinda weird you getting that," Phoebe said.

"Why?" Piper asks defensively.

"You know the calm place thing," Phoebe Replied.

"I always thought it would be a fire breathing dragon thing," Paige added.

"Thanks a lot Paige," Piper said while giving her a halfcocked smile.

"You're welcome."

"We should go practice," Phoebe said excited.

"No, we should go find the thing and kill it before it hurts anyone else," the oldest said now taking charge of the situation.

"Party popper," Paige said laughing a little at the pun.

"Does this mean I can go home?" Kara asks after remaining quite.

"Nope, you'll come with us, any way's it would be good for you," Paige said.

"Dying will be good for me, because I don't think dying is good for anyone?"

"Just a little sarcastic aren't we?" Phoebe said now standing up.

"Yeah, I'm starting to like her," Piper whispers into Paige's ear.

"Besides you're the only one who can handle it," Paige said.

"In case you didn't hear a while ago, I don't know how I did it," Kara said as she folded her arms.

"Well are powers work off are emotions, so you were scared and that is how you tapped into it," Phoebe responds.

"NO, I turn into a lizard, well on the bright side it will swallow me hole so there shouldn't be much pain with that," Kara said looking at the ground.

"Unless it's like Chris who chews the smallest thing until its pulp," Piper said.

"Piper!" Both her sisters said in unison.

"Sorry Kara, we will be there and if it gets out of hand we will just orb away," Piper voiced positively as she walked over to the Fourier.

"Live to fight another day," Phoebe said.

"You and you're riming," Paige said.

"Yeah not really good timing," Kara added.

"Ok, people that's enough. I need to call Coop, Paige call henry and Piper," Phoebe tried to say but was cut off by Piper.

"I know call Leo, Kara is there anyone you need to call, my phone is over there?"

"The mortuary, but I don't think they are open this late," Kara answered with a little laugh. "Nope, ready?

Kara starts for the door and the others follow her while dialing their cell phones.

The dark alley reeked of garbage as they made their way down it. It was the midnight hour and most people were asleep soundly in their beds completely unaware of the danger beneath their windows, so there was little to no light to give them any assistance in seeing. The full moon was the only thing that illuminated the small alley.

Piper, Phoebe and Paige walked side by side while Kara was behind them and she kept looking over her shoulder.

"You know we could have scribed for this thing," Phoebe said.

"I don't think it would have worked, it is almost immune to magic or something," Paige replied.

"Well that doesn't make any sense," Piper added.

"I didn't say it did."

"Wait you guys never saw anything like this before?" Kara asks nervously.

"Nope, at least not in the book," Paige answered.

"Cole told me that in one of Piper's memory's he saw a drawing of a creature flash," Phoebe said looking at Piper hoping she would not remember.

"Yeah can't remember Pheebe's," Piper said frustrated.

"Trust me Piper you don't what too."

"Really I'm still trying to get rid of those nightmares," Paige said as her body shivered.

"So in layman's terms, we have no idea what that thing is?" Kara asks again while looking over her shoulder.

"Yap," Paige answered.

"Paige did you ever find out why the elders can't remember when Piper was taken?" Phoebe asks.

"Sure it wasn't selective?" Piper said through the side of her mouth.

"Piper," Phoebe said while gently hitting Piper in the arm.

"Well it's not like we a come over for coffee and donuts relationship Phoebe."

"So we have no idea how to kill it?" Kara chimed in.

"Well to make you feel any better Piper, it's not just you but I guess there are some other witches that can't remember that day," Paige said while Ignoring Kara's question.

"Oh, we so need a vacation," Phoebe said with a heavy sigh.

"So what your saying is we are sitting ducks?" Kara said raising her voice slightly.

"We probably get eaten by some weird hybrid shark in are hot tubs," Piper said ignoring Kara.

"Great there goes my hot tub fantasy," Phoebe replied rolling her eyes.

"Well, I think I'm going to go home and smoke a joint and have some fun with a blow up doll," Kara said and stopped walking.

All three sisters turned around a little shocked at what Kara just said.

"Somebody has issues," Phoebe said looking oddly at Kara.

"Well at least you're acknowledging me," Kara said with her hands on her hips but looks past the sisters and sees something moving behind them and turns into a lizard.

"Oh honey," Paige said as she walked over to the lizard.

"Why did she turn into a caico again?" Piper asks.

Phoebe was looking in the direction that Kara was after she transformed and saw what made her do so. 30 demons started coming into the little light that was offered and she began to pull on Piper's arm.

"That's why," Phoebe's voice was low as she pointed.

"Hello witches, you look a little outnumbered," A demon said with a small smile.

"Where not looking for you, so go away!" Piper yelled out in hopes they would just shimmer away.

"Nice try Piper," Paige said as she tried to grab Kara.

"Well I tried."

The demons started forming fire balls in their hands and Piper steps forward in front of Phoebe and raisers her hands ready to fire.

"Let's even the numbers," Piper said and flicked her wrist at one of the demons on the left, but he just slid back a little and smiled wide at her.

"Oh that's not good," Phoebe said with a worried voice.

"What the hell how come they don't blow up anymore?" Piper asks while throwing her hands in the air.

Paige was still trying to pick up Kara, who was running around in a circle and did not see what was going on.

"Kara stay still."

Phoebe steps in front of Piper and began to walk towards the demons. Her Pupils dilate and change to a mixture of blue and white swirls as she approach them. She put her hand behind her back to motion Piper to stay put as her hips moved seductively. The men all dressed in black started to sway slightly and were fixated on Phoebe.

"What the hell is she doing?" Paige asks while still trying to catch Kara.

"Using her new power I hope," Piper replied keeping a very close eye on her baby sister.

Phoebe walks to the center demon and puts her hand on his chest, slowly moving it down to his stomach and moving to his side.

"Will you do anything for me?" Phoebe whispered softly into his ear.

"Anything," He replied still swaying.

"Kill your friends," Phoebe demanded and moved behind him.

Without hesitating he creates two fireballs one in the left hand and one in the right. He then starts killing the demons on both sides of him creating fireball after fireball until he was the only one standing.

"Now kill yourself."

Again without hesitation he forms a fireball and throws it at his feet and he goes up in flames screaming.

"Wow Pheebe's," Piper said impressed.

"How friggin cool was that," Phoebe said with a wide smile.

"Got her, what did I miss," Paige said as she picked up Kara.

"Oh, just Mrs. Robinson," Piper replied.

"Huy, what happened to all the demons?" Paige asks.

Piper looks past Phoebe and sees the creature coming from around the corner and yells for her baby sister to look out. Phoebe turns slowly to see what Piper saw and the creature was now standing only feet away from her. She tries to use her power but it just looks hard at her.

"Phoebe get back here now!" Paige yelled out as Kara turned back into herself and.

Phoebe felt her stomach rise up to her throat and turned on her heels," coming back, coming back."

The creature starts running towards Phoebe and leaps as Piper throws her hands up to freeze it but instead puts Phoebe in a bubble as the creature continues its flying direction towards the now incased fleeing sister, but stops motionless a few inches away from her. Everyone is still as Kara lowers her hands and is breathing hard.

"Hay I think I'm getting the hang of this, "Kara said and then looked at everyone frozen. "Oops, maybe not."

Kara walked over to Paige and gave her a nudge and nothing happened so she pushed her hard. Paige unfroze and fell on her backside.

"Hay what was that for?"

"Sorry but I didn't know what else to do," Kara Replied while helping Paige up.

"That's ok Kara, but we need to get Piper out of her frozen state?"

"Sure, I just hope she doesn't blow me up," Kara answered and pushes Piper hard causing her to she fell back and unfroze.

"Hay why did?" Piper tried to ask as she got up.

"Oh, stop your complaining Kara just saved our asses, again."

Piper stood up and walked over to the beast with the others. "This one looks different; it doesn't have the spikes coming out of it.

"Owe, don't touch it," Paige asks as she backed away.

"Yeah God forbid it might have cooties," Kara said sarcastically.

Piper pulls her hand away giving Kara a narrowed look.

"Hay look at this, there is a tattoo or something on its side," Paige noticed and pointed at the tattoo.

The others came around to where Paige was and saw that there was a symbol on its shoulder.

"Wait I'm taking a picture," Piper said as she pulled out her cell phone.

"Not to bust anyone's bubble. But we should kill this thing before it unfreezes," Kara said looking at Phoebe.

"Your right," Paige agreed and looks around for something sharp and sees a long piece of metal sticking out of the dumpster.

"Kara get ready to freeze this thing again," Piper asks readying herself.

"Metal thing!" Paige yelled and the metal rod orbed out of the dumpster and then plunged itself into the creature.

The long piece of metal orbs and embeds itself into the creature's neck. The unprepared beast unfreezes and starts to thrash in pain for about a minute before it dies, causing a dark smoke to rise from its body and disappears.

"Well that was easy enough," Kara said with an awkward smile.

Piper walks over to Phoebe and closes her eyes and raised her left hand and with slight turn the bobble starts to go away and phoebe is now bobble free looking at all of them.

"Was I in the bobble again? Phoebe asks with her hands on her hips.

"Yeah, sorry I was trying..."

"It's ok Piper, aren't our new powers great?" Phoebe said with a wide smile.

"Speak for yourself," Paige said rolling her eyes.

"Don't worry Paige you will get yours," Phoebe answered and put her hand around Paige's shoulders as they all start to leave the alley.

"You're welcome," Kara said as they walked away from her.

"Oh, thanks honey," Paige said as she stopped to let Kara catch up.

"Unfortunately there are two of them," Piper said.

"Yeah, but I think we can call it a night. We need to do some research anyway, "Phoebe interjected.

"How did the picture come out?" Paige asks.

"Well I think I got its good side," Piper answered while looking at her phone.

They walked past a Chinese restaurant with two oriental dragons statues outside against the wall. Paige admirers them and puts her hand on one. The statue starts to crack and blue green light comes out of cracks as if the light was pushing a the concrete away. In only a few seconds there was a newly formed Dragon and Kara is the first to notice.

"Oh guys, we might have a problem," Kara yelled as she backed away.

Piper and Phoebe look around to see a Dragon about 6 feet tall licking Paige's face.

"Oh god it's taste testing me first," Paige said while shrugging her shoulders.

"I don't think so, it looks like it likes you, and didn't you touch the statue?" Kara asks in wonderment.

Paige starts to back away the dragon looked at her fondly. "I think so."

"Looks like you got your new power," Phoebe said clapping her hands together.

"I am not cleaning up after that thing," Piper said using her index finger to make her point. The Dragon comes over to Piper and puts its head on her shoulder almost purring.

"Look Piper it likes you," Phoebe said as the Dragon walks away from Piper and turns to dust.

"What happened?" Kara asks.

"Maybe it only last for a short time," Phoebe answered unsure.

"I need therapy," Kara said while walking past them.

"It doesn't work, I've tried when I first became a witch," Paige said and started walking again.

"Well its 1 am and I need to get up early for the restaurant, so missy Paige lets orb," Piper said and took hold of Paige's arm.

"Do you ever get the urge to say "Beam me up Scotty?" Kara asks with a slight smile.

They all laugh a little and orb away and once they are gone a man comes out of the shadows, about 5.8 bald and a tattoo on his right side of his head in black ink, wearing a long dark gray cote with triangular pieces of glass all over it with some kind of tribal design on its back. He is holding a long metal staff with a red crystal on its top.

"Kara," He said with venom.

The man lifts his staff and slams it to the ground and is gone.

Demons from all the ages stood amongst their leader, the source of all evil as the unknown man materialized in front of them. The source stopped his speaking to acknowledge the bold man.

"Having issues?" The source said as he moved closer.

"Kara is helping."

"I thought you could handle her?" he said as his eyes flamed.

"Things have changed," the unknown man replied showing his own anger in response.

"You said this creature could easily kill the charmed ones."

"They could but Kara is freezing them."

"How is that possible, she's just a witch?"

"She is no witch, but I don't think she remembers who she is."

"You also told me you would get the 7 vials so I can make more."

"Shadow-dells are unpredictable and independent; they almost never do what you tell them. You have to trick them into doing what you want."

"I don't care and I gave you one thing to do, and you can't even do that correctly," the source replied now standing directly in the unknown man's face.

"Are you threatening me?" the unknown man said moving closer to match the sources stare.

"I will do as I please!"

"So will I, by the way there is one thing that Kara taught me over the years."

"What is that?"

"Never show your whole hand until you need too," The unknown man said and raised his hand while saying one would in a language no one could understand. The source tried to flame out but the red crystal broke on top of the man's staff and black vines came out of the ground quickly and wrapped themselves around the underworld's leader. The source screamed out in pain as the vines dug into his flesh while thorns protruded out of them. In seconds the source was ripped to shreds and was vanquished with ease, causing the other demons to bow down in fear.

"Don't, I have no desire of being your leader you are worthless anyway, no I want Kara and little Chris dead," the unknown man said as he stood amongst kneeling demons.

Phoebe and Coop are slowly waking up as the morning sun came through the small slit in the curtains at Phoebe's apartment. Coop cradled his wife's face with his hand and looked into her dark eyes as she looked back into his. "I didn't think I could love anyone more than Cole, but I was wrong," Phoebe's inner mind said as she smiled back at him.

"Morning Baby, were you staring at me?" Phoebe asks shyly.

"Yeah, can't help it, you're so dam beautiful."

Oh, stop it, I am not," Phoebe replied a little embarrassed and moved to get out of bed. Coop pulls her back and gives her a deep kiss while moving his hand down her side, until Phoebe puts her hand over her mouth and holds her stomach.

"Are you ok, oh is my breath bad?" Coop asks while covering his mouth.

"No, I think I'm going to be," Phoebe tried to finish her sentence but got up quickly and ran to the bathroom.

"Are you ok?" Coop asks worriedly while standing outside the closed bathroom door.

"Coop I think I'm pregnant," Phoebe yelled from behind the door in between vomiting.

"Yeah, Phoebe that's great do you think that is great?" Coop asks nervously as the door opened.

"I think it's wonderful," Phoebe replied and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Coop scooped her up in his arms and twirled her around laughing until Phoebe started looking a little pale.

"Coop, I'm going to be..." Phoebe said while covering her mouth again and Coop took her back into the bathroom.

Henry was beginning to stir while Paige was already awake and was bringing in a tray of food for her half-asleep husband.

"Hay sleepy head," Paige said as she put the tray down on the bed.

Paige felt bad for coming in at 1 a.m. and thought some breakfast in bed wouldn't smooth things over. "This is for getting in so late."

"Honey I just worry about you," Henry replied while sitting up.

"I know I will talk to the elders about reducing my work load, considering what's happened," Paige said as she sat down next to him, but then gets a smell of bacon and puts her hand over her mouth while running to the bathroom.

"Are you ok?" Henry asks worried and was standing outside the door.

Paige opens the door as the toilet finished its business, "honey I think I'm pregnant," Paige said nervously."

Henry grabs her and swings her around. "That's so great."

"It is," Paige's voice showing concern.

"What's wrong?" Henry asks as he put her down.

"I'm just scared, I don't know if I'm ready for this," She replied putting her hand on her stomach.

"I will be here and we are ready, it will be fine," Henry soften voice replied as he put his hand on hers while giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Your right, I love you," She replied and hugged him.

Piper and Leo was sound asleep and did not notice her 4 year old struggling to get up on the bed and after a few grunts, Chris finally reached his sleeping mother. He lifted one of her eye lids to see if she was awake, but of course this would wake anyone but he was too young to understand that.

"Hi peanut," Piper said through a loving smile.

"Hi buddy everything ok?" Leo asks hearing the commotion and was now awake.

"Yap, I want, I want pancakes," Chris asks as he played with Piper's necklace.

Just then Wyatt orbs right on top of Leo's stomach and it causes him to grunt a little.

"Hay buddy," Leo said while smiling at his 6 year old son.

"Hi daddy, I want some pancakes too," Wyatt said as he moved his way to his parent's sides.

"Yeah well I want mine to look like giraffes," Chris said eyeing his older brother.

"I want mine to look like elephants," Wyatt said trying not to be out done by his little brother.

"Nothing like brotherly rivalry," Leo said as he looked at Piper.

"What daddy?" Chris said looking sideways at his father.

"Nothing honey, go get dressed and I will be down in a minute," Piper said and put Chris back on the ground.

"Ok." Chris said.

"Ok, thanks mom," Wyatt said and got off the bed to follow his little brother out the door.

Leo looks over at Piper and kissed her on the cheek. "Sounds like fun."

"Well I have to admit, it puts my culinary skills to the test," Piper replied though a smile as she kissed him.

Leo grabs a shirt and heads out," good, then you won't mind making mine look like a red rider."

"What?" Piper asks while tilting her head slightly.

"Never mind," Leo replied smiling and left the room.

Piper gets up and follows her laughing husband down the stairs when the phone rings.

"Hello?"

"Paige orbs in front of her looking excited. " I have some news."

Piper looked at her baby sister and gestured her to keep quiet. "Hold on, what did you say Phoebe?" She asks talking into the phone.

"What's going on?" Leo asks as he walked in from the kitchen.

"You're what?" Piper asks Phoebe as she strained the hear her.

"Paige interrupts the phone call and blurts it out, "I'm pregnant."

Piper looks at Paige and back at the phone. "Ok, I think you both said you're pregnant."

Phoebe materializes into the room in front of Piper with Coop. And in unison Paige and Phoebe say," I'm pregnant."

"You are," Paige said while looking at Phoebe.

"You too?"

Piper just stands there for a minute confused until she finally says something. "Oh this is going to be fun, congratulations," She said and gave them both a hug.

"Aunt Phoebe Aunt Paige," Chris said as he ran in.

"Hey there little man, you going to have cousins," Paige said as she picked him up.

"What are cons, consi?" Chris asks not being able to say the word.

"I'm pregnant with a baby," Paige replied.

"Are you sick?" Chris asks while wrinkling his face in confusion.

"No honey she's not sick," Piper said while rubbing Chris's back.

"I don't know, you didn't see me this morning," Paige said while looking at Piper.

"Me too," Phoebe added while rubbing her stomach.

"Come on Chris let's make your pancakes," Piper said and took Chris out of Paige's arms. They all headed to the kitchen smiling wide.