Chapter 4: One of Those Days
"This is just great who I need is my partner but he's currently four and I'd settle for Chuck, C.J.,Wyatt, or even Prue but they're out of commission too. So who do I get stuck with my mom and my dead aunt." Henry ranted as he paced around the attic as Paige and Prue wrote spells and fille potion vials.
They still didn't know for sure what demon they were looking for and the elders hadn't known anything not that, that was a shock. And they hadn't heard from Billie or the girls in hours.
"Henry if it makes you feel any better I would rather be doing this along with Prue and our other two sisters instead of putting my son in danger but we have no other choice. Your other options are back in diapers and mine are teenagers again. So we're just going to have to work this out." Paige informed her son.
"So remember the plan is for Henry to get into the most populated bar in the underworld and try to get something out of the demons in there. And we he gives us the signal we go in blasting." Prue said gesturing to Henry who was in his full demon costume complete with a black wife beater and leather pants.
"Ok I still can't believe they have bars in the underworld but yeah that sounds like a plan." Paige agreed.
Henry began making the final adjustments to his outfit he reached down in his left boot and made sure his knife was still there and he shifted the throwing stars in his back pocket.
"I'm ready if you ladies are ready for me to go." Henry said standing back up.
"Two things first be careful. Second where did you get the knife in your boot ?" Paige asked not sure if she wanted an answer.
"I'm a Marine sometimes remember I got it standard issue." Henry stated a smirk on his face.
" That's nice to know my son carries a knife in his shoe and acts like it's no big deal. He's the child that growing up my parents always wished on me." Paige said shaking her head in resignation.
"No that would be Carly I'm good I just have your personality and look like you." Henry said hugging her before he orbed to the underworld.
"You know I wonder where he got those throwing stars they were kinda cool." Prue commented after he left.
"Prue please don't even ask. He probably took them off of somebody at work." Paige said rolling her eyes.
"So two cops huh ? You must go crazy worrying about them." Prue said taking her sister by the arm and leading her down the steps to wait for Henry's call.
"Prue you have no idea. I think he might be safer fighting demons." Paige said knowing that wasn't true.
"So Penny how old are you again?" Phoebe asked her youngest daughter although she was not aware of that fact.
"I'm fifteen." Penny replied she had come back from being with her boyfriend a couple of hours ago but she was trying to find a way to leave again.
Piper and Phoebe were currently bonding with the other teenage Halliwell girls while Patty, Sam , Victor, and Grams helped Roman watch the little kids.
"No way that is so cool I am too." Phoebe exclaimed excitedly and then she asked "One of you girls wouldn't happen to have a light would you?" she pulled a cigarette out of her pocket.
"Phoebe Grams will kill you if she finds you smoking." Piper warned her.
"Here Phoebe I have one." Carly said reaching over and lighting her aunt's cigarette.
"You do know that Henry will kill you when he finds out that you smoke." Melinda said to her cousin.
"It's not so much the fact that she smokes it's what she smokes that he'll kill her for." Patty informed them.
"Here you want a drag ?" Phoebe asked Carly handing her the cigarette.
Carly took a couple of puffs and handed it back just in the nick of time too because Prue and Paige came walking in the room.
"Phoebe what do you think you're doing ?" Prue asked having forgotten what a terror Phoebe had been at that age.
"Smoking what does it look like Prue?" Phoebe asked sharing a look with Carly and Penny.
Paige noticed the look and said "Carly Janice I will tell your brother you were smoking and he and Chris will both a field day with you." she then realized Henry was right this was the child her parents had wished on her.
"Mel and I told you two you were going to get in trouble." Piper said smugly.
"So what happened to the really hot guy that was in the attic ? He said he was grandpa's brother but I'm pretty sure he was lying." Phoebe asked ignoring Piper.
"He's busy and so off limits to you missy." Prue informed her.
"Did you want him Prue too bad cause I saw him first." Phoebe commented
"Phoebe he's off limits because he's too old for you." Paige said which was partially true he was twenty and she was fifteen she didn't have to know he was her nephew.
"Yeah Pheebs he too old for you he's twenty." Carly agreed.
"It's only five years besides Prue you have Andy." Phoebe argued.
"He's also off limits because he's my boyfriend." Mel said hoping she was convincing so Phoebe would drop the subject.
"Yeah that's right he's Mel's boyfriend they've been together for four years." Paige said laying it on thick trying not to laugh.
"Whose been together four years ?" Billie asked entering the room somehow she had managed to get into her demon fighting outfit.
"Henry and Mel." Paige said giving her a look that said go with it.
"Speaking of Hank where is he ?" Billie asked
"In the underworld." Paige said simply.
"Damn I was hoping he could orb me down there I think I found a lead." Billie explained.
"Where are Lilly and Liz ?" Prue asked
"Still at Magic School trying to find more stuff out." Billie said.
"What did you find out Billie ?" Paige asked
"That the only demon that can cause reverse aging like that is a Regression Demon but it normally wears off after a couple of hours the idea is to make the target vulnerable so the demon can take their powers." Billie explained.
"I somehow knew my hunch was right." Prue said
"Yeah but why not try to attack again by now and it's been over two hours and it hasn't worn off." Paige said confused.
"Maybe the demon that attacked you was stronger than normal.' Prue mused
"Could be. Where in the underworld is Henry because I need to go down there too." Billie asked.
"He's in the biggest demonic bar he can find down there. And armed to the teeth." Paige commented wryly.
"Ok I know right where Hank is then I'll go find him. J.D. Williams this is your wife calling get your angel ass to the manor now." Billie stated and then began yelling for her husband.
"What do you need Billie I have a meeting in five minutes ?" J.D. asked annoyed with is wife.
"I need you to orb me to the underworld." Billie said sweetly
"Why can't Hank do it ?" J.D. asked
"He'd already down there and I need to orb close to where he is so I need you to orb me down there and sense for him." Billie explained to her husband.
"Fine let's go I'm not making any promises because he blocks me sometimes." J.D. said.
"Let's just go John." Billie said giving him a look he took a deep breath grabbed her and orbed her where she wanted to go.
"Why couldn't Sam have orbed her Paige ?" Prue asked thinking that would have been much simpler.
"Henry always blocks Sam he can never sense him." Paige explained.
"Come on Chuck Wyatt C.J. Chris stop orbing and shimmering all over the house." Roman begged Sam was the only one who could keep up with them when they did this Chuck symbolically even held Prue's hand and shimmered her with him.
"Call Paige she can make them stop." Victor suggested
"Paige help me please I'm being tortured by five little kids." Roman called out.
"Roman what the hell is the problem?" Paige asked walking into the kitchen from the living room.
"These kids can orb and shimmer and I can't so Sam has to chase them all around. Make them stop please." Ro pleaded with her.
"Alright kids here's the drill you guys need to be good for Ro or I'll tell Uncle Henry and he won't be happy. Roman is his friend so do what he tells and Uncle Henry will play with you when he comes back." Paige explained to the kids so they would behave. She'd forgotten how much the kids had all always loved Henry.
"Thank you Paige that was getting to be very comical your father isn't as young a whitelighter as he used to be. He's getting too old to chase those kids around." Grams said again taking a dig at Victor.
"Dad why didn't you make them stop you know they listen to you ?" Paige asked Victor knowing how it would piss Grams off.
"Because it was very amusing watching Roman chase them around." Victor said smiling.
"Victor you mean to tell me you had the power to make them stop and you didn't ?" Sam asked incredulously.
"Yeah I could have told them to stop and they might have but that was just a taste of what I got from them when they were growing up." Victor commented.
Prue walked into the room trailed by J.D.
"He was looking for you Paige." Prue said.
"Henry was fine he wanted me to tell you he was ok." J.D. told her.
"Thanks J.D." Paige said thankful that Henry was ok for now.
"J.D. don't you have a meeting today." Victor asked confused.
"Yes but I postponed it for fifteen minutes so now I have to go." J.D. said right before her orbed out again.
"My liege I still don't know why we don't attack." Ziad complained
"You'll see all in good time." Gorgon replied his plan going perfectly so far.
"Liz we've been at this for hours and we still haven't found anything solid except for what Billie found." Lilly complained.
"We just have to keep looking if we're going to find material on what happened anywhere it'll be here." Liz replied.
The two girls had spent the last several hours going through book after book on reverse aging but they hadn't fond anything that looked too promising.
"I would really rather if my boyfriend didn't stay two years old forever and since Chuck always acts two that's no big change for him." Lilly ranted.
"Wait Lilly that might be it. What if Chuck and Jake were the targets?" Liz asked thinking she was onto something.
"Why would a demon target Chuck and Jake?" Lilly asked not thinking Liz had gone crazy.
"Because a demon might view them as a threat. I've got it I'll start checking prophecies that have to do with half demons and you stick with this and when we find something we'll call Henry to come get us." Liz said taking charge.
"Great Liz now you sound like a cross between Piper and Paige we've been around the Halliwells entirely too long they're starting to rub off on us." Lilly commented.
"Hey well then I hope you know you're acting a lot like Phoebe right now." Liz said referring to her whining.
"That wouldn't have anything to do with Cooper Halliwell being the love of my life now would it ?" Lilly asked sarcastically.
"You know what that was such a Chuck comment just look in your books while I look in mine." Liz said shaking her head at one of her best friends.
"Oh God shoot me now if I sound like Chuck." Lilly whined
"Don't worry I think you can live with it if I can." Liz said getting them back on task.
"So I don't know about you but I'm getting really sick of those Charmed Ones and their brats." Henry said to Billie who was sitting next to him on a barstool he wished Chris was with him this was their thing.
"Yeah I wish someone would put a stop to them but what can you and I do we're just a couple of simple demonic assassins." Billie said laying it on thick.
"Word on the street is that Gorgon and Armes have a plan set in motion right now." a random demon walked up and said to them.
"Oh really tell me more about this plan." Henry said getting down from his barstool pretending to be drunk leaning on Billie for support as he led the demon out of the bar and into a dark cavern.
" I don't know much else just that Gorgon is vying to be the next source and he's up against some nameless demon that nobody knows and he's trying to get the Charmed Ones to do away with him so then he can do away with them And that's all I got." the demon said.
Henry leaned down like he was falling from being drunk and pulled the knife out of his boot and stabbed the demon in the gut causing him to explode.
"Cosmic Taxi back to the manor Aunt Billie I need to report this." Henry said.
"Always Hank you're mom is going to freak." Billie said giving him her hand.
"Leo demon look out behind you." Henry yelled to his brother-in-law as two demons shimmered in behind him.
"Coop go warn the girls while we fight them off." Leo reasoned
"I'm not leaving you guys." Coop argued as another demon shimmered in behind Henry and knocked him out before shimmering out with him.
Coop was so caught up in watching the same thing happen with Leo that he never noticed the demon that had shimmered in behind him until he was out cold. His last thought was why didn't C.J. come when he'd called him.
"They've been down there for two hours now Prue where the hell are they ?" Paige asked as she started to pace the attic.
"These things take time Paige I'm sure the they're fine." Prue reassured her baby sister.
"We should have gone with him." Paige argued
"We had to stay here and make potions if he was in trouble he would have called." Prue said.
"Well on the bright side I don't think things can get any worse." Paige said.
"Aunt Paige, Aunt Prue have either one of you seen Penny, Aunt Phoebe, or Carly ?Because they're not any where in the house we checked all over and there gone." Melinda asked hoping the feeling in her gut wasn't right.
"No Mel we haven't seen one of them and I'm convinced that's not a good thing." Paige said mentally cursing herself.
"Way too go Paige I bet you use that phrase again." Prue said a hint of a smirk on her face.
"Mom is about to flip and we haven't even told Grams yet it's only a matter of time before we're all toast." Mel groaned.
Just then Henry and Billie came bounding up the stairs to the attic
"Demon named Gorgon trying to become the source and wants to have us take out his rival so he can kill us and keep all the power himself." Henry said wanting to get it out quickly.
"That and from what I was getting while we were down there they really don't like C.J. and Chuck." Billie added only to get a look from Henry.
"Whose the other demon that wants to be source ?" Paige asked
" That's the part that's fucked up nobody knows." Henry said simply forgetting where he was before he realized what he said.
Paige ignored it like she did anytime anyone of the kids cussed she didn't mind.
"Oh and a demon named Armes works with Gorgon." Billie added something Henry thought was relevant this time.
Henry started sticking his finger in and out of his ear as if to stop it from ringing Paige instantly knew what he was doing.
"Henry what's wrong?" She asked knowing he was either hearing jingling or someone calling.
"I need Carly to orb to Magic School and get Lilly and Liz they're calling me." Henry said simply.
Paige gave Mel a look the said "You tell him he won't kill you.".
They were both spared from having to tell him when his phone rang.
"This is Hank. Oh hey Sarge what's up? " He said answering the phone.
"My sister ? Which one Carly or Charlie?" He asked after listening for a second.
They all watched as the vein in his neck started to pop out as he listened to what his Sgt. said to him.
"Carly and my cousin Penny and a friend of their's and they did what ?" Henry asked beyond pissed.
"Shop lifting. I'll be right there Sarge thanks for the heads up." Henry said trying to calm down.
"Mom Carly, Penny, and apparently Aunt Phoebe got caught shop lifting and now I have to go to the station and get them." Henry said in disgust.
"I'm so going to kill your sister after this is over." Paige told him.
"Mel you and Patty orb to Magic school and see what the girls need I'm going with Henry." Prue said to her niece.
"Aunt Prue trust me you don't want to go with me this isn't going to be pretty." Henry explained to her.
"I know I want to help you chew them out.' Prue explained to him winking.
"It's about damn time Henry." Lilly complained when she saw the swirl of orbs appear.
"No such luck neither one of us is Henry." Mel said to her cousin's girlfriend.
"Don't mind her Jake hasn't been giving her any. Just orb us back to the manor we think we've got something." Liz said simply.
"First of all that's gross second of all Henry wanted you guys to look up a demon named Gorgon and one named Armes and then we can orb you back." Patty explained.
"Fine but he owes me I'm not even his girlfriend and he treats me this way." Lilly fumed.
"He'll get you out of the next speeding ticket you get which will be soon with the way you drive." Mel said to appease Lilly.
All the girls had to laugh at that one it was very true.
"Calm down Hank it's just like dad taught you remember never hit a perp when you're mad. Well never try to deal with a sister when you're pissed." Henry said giving himself a pep talk before he got out of the car.
"Henry are you going to kill them if I let you go in there alone?" Prue asked her nephew
"I'll be fine Aunt Prue I won't kill them I like being a cop too much for that." Henry replied as he turned and walked into the station.
Henry walked in to find Carly, Phoebe, and Penny sitting at the two desks that he and Chris shared.. He gave them all a look that could kill before going into his Sgt.'s office.
"Hank come on in." his Sgt. Said kindly
"Sarge what exactly did they steal ?" Henry asked embarrassed by their actions.
"You know the usual teenage things beer and cigarettes." he stated like it was no big thing.
"They know better and I'm sorry Sarge." Henry apologized
"Don't worry about it you're a good cop I know you'll set them right. Now as far as today is concerned they were just here to see Captain Mitchell and since he wasn't in they waited for you to come in off the street." Sarge said giving him a kind look
"Thanks a lot Sarge I owe you." Henry said.
"No thanks required. I was a young cop once too and nice cop took me under his wing and showed me the ropes and then got me this job. That cop's name is Henry Mitchell. Just don't kill those girls Hank I would hate to lose half of the dream team." Sarge said dismissing him.
"Come on ladies lets go get in the car." Henry said walking past his desk and they all followed him out.
"You had to bring my sister ?" Phoebe groaned as Henry forced her into the back seat of his car.
"No she wanted to come to keep me from killing you three. Just what the hell did you think you were doing." Henry said warming to the subject.
"Relax Junior it's not like we hurt anybody." Penny said
"Yeah Junior we really didn't even do anything that bad." Carly chimed in.
"First of all you both know better than to call me Junior I don't like it. Second of all shop lifting is bad enough without you three trying shop lift from a liquor store." Henry fumed.
"Look before you and Prue go all psycho on us let me explain. It was my idea I just brought these two along for the ride." Phoebe said smugly.
"Oh Phoebe that just makes it all better." Prue said sarcastically
"You three are so lucky that Sarge is a good guy and he's not filing a report he left it up to me to deal with you." Henry said trying to stay calm so he could drive.
"I'd much rather stay in jail you can take me back if you want to." Penny snapped at him.
"Penny I'm not taking back to jail as much as I think it would do you some good." Henry said taking his left hand off the wheel and running it through his hair. Damn Aunt Piper was right he really did need a hair cut.
"I'm not sure that you girls grasp the seriousness of what you did." Prue stated knowing that this was the way the Phoebe operated as a teenager.
"Trust me we understand how serious this is. You know when we were walking out of the store and squad car pulled up and they put the cuffs on us. I was aware that it was very serious." Carly shot back at her aunt.
"Carly Janice Matthews watch your mouth and try not to be so much like mom. You know the uniforms that arrested you probably knew me thankfully I go by Halliwell at work. Sarge for real is saving your young asses right now by covering for you." Henry ranted pulling up in front of the manor.
"You know Henry I could tell you the same thing about acting like mom. And forgive me if I embarrassed you. But it's not like you don't break the law when you drink." Carly said defensively.
"Apples and Oranges Carly. I'm a narc it would look strange if I didn't drink every now and then so I get a get out of jail free pass for that. And I'm not embarrassed I'm worried about you ok." Henry yelled as he propelled her towards the manor.
Paige, Grams, and Patty were all standing at the front door when Henry marched the girls in the house followed by Prue.
"No worries Sarge swept it under the rug because their my sister and cousin." Henry said when he saw his mother.
"Henry you have bigger problems to worry about while you were gone a demon attacked and went after Chuck and C.J." Paige informed him and then turned to the girls and said "Big trouble we'll talk later."
"I'm orbing to Magic School and then going back to the underworld this is going to stop now." Henry said fire coming to his eyes.
"Henry come back for me before you go into the underworld I'm going with you." Prue informed him.
He nodded his understanding before orbing out.
"Remind me never to make him mad." Patty said referring to her grandson's scary temper.
"Yeah he got Piper's temper that's for sure." Paige said
"Let's go get to work on some more potions I think the men have the kids under control." Grams said.
"Here I think I found something worthwhile on Gorgon." Melinda said hoping to get the attention of the other three young women.
"What did you find ?" Liz asked
"It says here that in Gorgon seeking to be the source there is only one way for him to be successful. And that is for two dark creatures who embrace the light and who normally side with good to change sides and join the dark side." Melinda said reading the passage from the book.
"That sounds like something from a Star Wars movie." Lilly commented.
"What book is that Mel?" Liz asked
" A book of prophecies I found in the back of the library." Mel replied.
" I might have something here on Armes. It says he was an associate of an upper level demon that eventually became the source and that a witch managed to corrupt the source when he was still a demon." Patty informed them.
"Now we have something to go on when we find out a little bit more we can take it to Hank Good work Patty." Melinda said happy they were finally getting somewhere.
"I can cross reference that with prophecies about the source." Liz said
"And I'll keep looking up anything I can find about Regression demons that I still haven't really found anything solid on." Lilly said still complaining.
"Oh stop acting like my Aunt Phoebe." Patty said laughing
"I hope they don't get pissed at me when they find out that I went to the underworld on my own." Henry said to himself as he wondered around the underworld alone.
Henry had orbed himself to his apartment after he left the manor to get more of his demon hunting stuff . He felt a little bad for lying to them he was getting to be as bad as C.J. who was up to something more than he had told them this morning.
Well mom can kill me later I had to do this alone. Man I really wish Chris was here. Henry thought to himself as walked around with the crossbow he brought with him strapped to his back.
Henry had been at this for almost an hour now and he knew if he didn't find something soon then he would have to leave and go to Magic School before somebody started to worry about him.
That's when he began hearing voices and looking around the next corner he saw two demons engaged in conversation.
"Krull I gift wrapped those brats for you and you couldn't even dispose of them for me." the first demon said.
"Gorgon I know but I did manage to finish that other job without any problems. The plan is working they'll never expect that attack." Krull assured him.
Upon hearing this Henry orbed out.
"Good work the half whitelighter heard us and we can move forward with our plan." Gorgon laughed evilly.
Orbs once again swirled in the library at Magic School and this time Henry finally appeared.
"Henry it's seriously about damn time." Lilly said very annoyed with him.
"Mel when I tell you to get ready to blast." Henry said ignoring Lilly.
Just as Henry said this a demon shimmered in behind him and without him telling her to Melinda blew the demon up.
"Good job Mel but we need to get home now. Charlie orb Mel home I'll orb Liz and Lilly." Henry ordered putting an arm around each of his friends and with that they all orbed out.
Every since the incident with Henry having to pick up Phoebe at the police station all four sisters had been sitting in the attic along with the remaining two teenage Halliwells.
They were all surprised when suddenly Piper changed back into her adult self and then a few minutes later Phoebe did too.
"Paige what the hell happened and why does my mouth taste like a ashtray ?" Phoebe asked coming to her senses.
"Yeah Paige what the hell and what is Prue doing here ?" Piper asked doing a double take when she saw her older sister.
"Well a demon attacked and caused you and Phoebe and all the kids to regress in age you and Phoebe were teenagers and the kids were toddlers. So the elders sent Prue to help." Paige explained.
Henry and the girls orbed into the attic right at that moment.
Henry looked around and saw that his aunts were the right age again and said "Well that hunch worked.".
"You lured a demon to magic school on a hunch ?" Mel asked him in disbelief.
"Yeah and it worked Charlie go see if Chris and the others are back to normal too." Henry said happy with himself.
"Henry you went to the underworld alone ?" Paige asked him seeing red.
"Yes mom but I was fine I turned Aunt Piper and Aunt Phoebe back didn't I ?" Henry asked with a cocky grin.
"See I told you men can't be trusted with power." Grams said coming into the attic.
"Grams you're here." Phoebe said as statement
"Yes because your children are children again and that hasn't changed thanks to Mr. Hotshot." Grams said starting in on Henry again.
Henry went to open up his mouth to reply but he was rocked with a sharp pain that caused him to double over and fall to the floor.
"Henry what's wrong ?" Paige asked rushing to his side.
"It's dad I think he's hurt." Henry answered through clenched teeth writhing on the floor in pain.
Henry let the pain subside before trying to speak again " And I'm pretty sure Uncle Leo and Uncle Coop are with him and I don't think it's in the underworld because I can sense them." By the time he finished the sentence the pain was pretty much gone so he slowly got to his feet with some aide from Paige.
"You alright Bubba ?" Piper asked him when he had made it to his feet.
"I'm perfect Aunt Piper." Henry assured her.
"What did you girls find out at Magic School?" Paige asked
"We're pretty sure that C.J. and Chuck were the targets especially after what Mel and Patty told us about the demon that attacked them earlier." Liz said
"What about Gorgon and Armes ?" Billie asked walking into the room holding little Chuck who immediately gestured for Henry to take him which he did.
"The prophecy I found about Gorgon said in order for him to become source he needed to dark creatures who fought for the side of good to join him and become evil." Mel explained
"And in what I read it said that Armes was a former associate of the source who was corrupted by a witch when he was still a demon." Patty said coming into the room carrying C.J.
Phoebe walked to her niece and took her only son from her.
"Paige how many demons do we know that were the source of all evil ?" Prue asked going somewhere only Paige could find with that question.
"Just one who was corrupted by a witch while he was still a demon." Paige answered knowing where Prue was going.
"Cole." they both said at exactly the same time.
"Cole will not take my son from me." Phoebe said forcefully
"Pheebs you know that me and Paige and Prue and even Grams won't let anything happen to him or Chuck not on our watch." Piper reassured her.
"What do we do about the guys ?" Paige asked worried about her husband.
"I say we find the uncles first then we go after the demon that turned the kids." Henry suggested.
"He has a point the guys are in more danger than the kids are right now. So we could scry for them." Piper said siding with Henry.
"Piper first of all you always side with him. Second of all we have nothing of theirs to scry with." Phoebe said dejectedly.
"Not true we have our wedding rings that should be good enough." Paige stated.
"You've got better than that." Henry said
"What else do we have that could be better than our wedding rings?" Phoebe asked
Henry walked to his aunt and traded her Chuck for Little Coop. "Come on Coop let's go scry for your daddy you'll work better than a wedding ring any day." Henry told him as he found a scrying crystal and a map.
"For once I'm in complete agreement with my great-grandson he's right the kids are the key to finding them." Grams said as she ushered the kids and her daughter into the attic ahead of her.
"Henry give me your cousin and take a break." Patty said to her grandson who did as he was told.
"Now what you girls should do is pick the child that has the strongest bond their father and use them to scry." Grams instructed.
"Which means Aunt Piper you should use Wy and Mel, Aunt Phoebe should use C.J. and Prue , and Mom you should use the girls." Henry suggested
"Henry mom should use you, you're the one that knew dad was missing not me or Patty." Carly said talking for the first time since he had orbed back in she was still mad at him after all.
"She's right Bubba come here and help me find your dad." Paige said to him he walked over to where his mom was standing .
"How does this work Grams ?" Phoebe asked when they all had the kids that they needed.
"Just have them hold hands and be sure one of them holds your hand other than that it's just like normal scrying." Grams explained.
Using three separate maps and crystals all three sisters joined hands with their children and began scrying for their husbands.
"Henry is in a warehouse down on the waterfront." Paige announced first.
"So is Leo." Piper said a second later
"Same goes for Coop." Phoebe chimed in
"Just a suggestion but maybe me, Ro and Aunt Prue should go find dad, Aunt Piper and Mom should look for Uncle Leo, and Aunt Phoebe and Aunt Billie should find Uncle Coop." Henry said hoping they would follow his plan.
"Sounds good to me." Roman said coming in the attic he had just gotten off of work he still had his chef's jacket on.
"Ro you went to work ? While we had to search through all those books." Lilly asked her brother pissed off that he had got to take a break.
"Yeah the head chef is still out I had to go in or the kitchen would have gone to hell. And besides Piper would have killed me for not going in." Roman ranted
"Ok you two focus please." Prue yelled at them
"What's the plan ?" Phoebe asked
"The kids are going to stay here with mom, grams, dad, Sam and all of the girls. And then we're going to divide and conquer." Piper said
"Mom I want to go with you." Melinda said
"No Mel you can't you need to stay here you have the most useful power in case a demon attacks." Paige explained to her.
"Here Mel take this." Henry said handing her his crossbow and then he explained "The arrow heads are tipped in the most powerful vanquishing potion we have the one mom made that dyed her hair red. It works kinda like a darklighter's arrow but it's harmless to you just watch it around Chuck and little Coop."
"How do you shoot it Henry ?" Melinda asked him
Henry cocked the arrow back for her and said "Now all you have to do is pull the trigger."
"Hank when all this is over we are seriously going to have a huge fucking talk about all your weapons." Paige said to him forgetting all the little kids in the room.
"Paige watch your mouth there's five kids in this attic." Piper admonished and then turned to Henry "You got a crossbow for me Hank?" she asked.
"No not on me but I've got throwing stars if you want those." He offered taking them out of his back pocket.
"Matthews I'll take those." Roman said taking the stars from him.
"Just make sure I get them back Nicolae." Henry retorted.
"Where is Uncle Henry at I thought you could sense him ?" Roman complained
"He's on this floor somewhere we just have to keep looking." Henry said Roman driving him crazy.
"Shh be quiet you two I think I hear something." Prue said and they stopped and listened.
"Paige, Hank, Wyatt, Chris, Carly, somebody. What use is it having a wife and two kids and two nephews who are whitelighters if they don't come when you call ?" a voice called out to no one.
"But then again when you have a son who gave his dog your name why would you expect him to come when you called?" the same voice said
"That's Big Henry alright he's pissed about that dog's name." Roman said trying to stifle a laugh
Hank shot him a look that said "I told you so." as he stifled a laugh of his own.
They walked down a long corridor and turned a corner and they saw Big Henry chained to the wall.
"Well shit Bubba it took you fucking long enough." Henry said greeting his son.
"How are we going to get him out of his shackles ?" Prue asked it wasn't like they had Piper with them who could just blow the lock up and Hank couldn't control that power yet.
"Just like this." Hank said pulling the knife out of his boot and using it to pick the lock and open it.
"Leo thank God you're ok." Piper said as she walked in the room that held her husband he was also chained to the wall.
"Hey don't count me out we've been through worse than this before." Leo replied giving her a weak smile.
"Leo do you know what demon did this to you ?" Paige asked still worried about her own husband
"I don't have a clue Paige all I know is a bunch of demons just came out of nowhere and blind sided us." Leo explained
"Ok Paige let's get him out of here." Piper said
"Phoebe why didn't that boy of mine come when I called him ?" Coop asked perplexed as Phoebe and Billie freed him from his chains.
"Coop it's a long story." Billie answered for her.
"Coop you up to hearting us home ?" Phoebe asked
"Of course I am." Coop said smiling.
"What is taking everybody else so long maybe I should go back for them." Hank fumed as he paced the living room.
"Hank calm down it's only been five minutes their fine." Henry said from the couch where he sat with Wyatt and Chris on his lap.
"That's not Hank Uncle Henry he's younger than I am." Chris said knowing there was no way the grown man standing before him was his cousin.
Just then a bright pink light and a swirl of orbs appeared in the living room.
"Daddy." Wyatt and Chris yelled running to Leo when they saw him.
"Hey boys." Leo said picking them both up and hugging them.
Coop was greeted in a similar fashion by his son and daughter.
"Hi my babies." Coop said scooping them up in his strong arms.
Chuck had been in Hank's arms but he switched to Henry the minute Wyatt and Chris left him and Henry just let the boy snuggle into him.
"So I'll ask why are the kids babies again ?" Leo asked the girls.
"A regression demon did it to them and it also got me and Piper." Phoebe explained.
"If your back to normal why aren't the kids ?" Leo asked
"What we think happen is one demon somehow got infused with the power of another one and then those powers were enhanced." Melinda explained coming down the stairs.
"We found the regression demon you vanquished in the book Hank but I think it wasn't the right one. We think it's one by the name of Ziad he was mentioned in one of the prophecies having to do with Gorgon." Lilly explained excited t hat she finally found something.
"Ask the girls how many books they had to look in to find that." Grams said finally coming into the room.
"It took a few ok Grams give us a break." Patty said.
"How did you guys know we were missing ?" Henry asked defusing any situation with grams .
"Your son knew apparently your calls were blocked but you two share a strong bond so he could feel your pain and he knew something wasn't right." Paige explained to her husband leaning in and kissing him "Don't ever scare me like that again." she commanded him.
"Did you guys happen to hear the name of the demon that ordered this ?" Hank asked in his cop mode.
"No." all three guys answered in unison.
"And for all our sakes turn the cop mode off Bubba. And where did you learn to pick a lock ?" Henry joked.
"Aunt Phoebe taught me when I was twelve." Hank said smirking
"And your trip to get her at the police station surprised you ?" Prue asked
"No it just irritated me." he answered truthfully
"Us four sisters, Hank, Roman and Billie are going to the underworld to find Ziad to change the kids back. And you guys can watch your kids." Piper said taking charge.
"There is one catch to this it can take an hour after Ziad is taken care of for them to turn back to normal." Liz explained.
"Hey wait a minute I got arrested ?" Phoebe asked shocked
"Now is so not the time Pheebs." Paige stressed
"I'll personally explain later." Hank said.
"Hank here's your crossbow back." Melinda said handing it to him.
Hank took it and handed it too his dad and said "Your almost as good a shot as I am or I wouldn't let you have this. If any demon comes just shot them with this and it will be the end of them."
"I'm not even going to ask Hank." Henry said taking the crossbow.
"Don't even get me started on his many weapons." Paige commented dryly.
"How do we get rid of Ziad ?" Piper asked
"You just need a strong potion." Grams answered.
"That's it I could have killed the damn demon with my crossbow already if I had known who it was." Hank fumed.
"What's the plan for when we go down there ?" Phoebe asked
"Run around like chickens with our heads cut off looking for the damn demon." Hank commented.
"Junior that's not helping anybody right now." Sam said coming into the room.
"Forget going to the underworld let's summon the bastard then someone can orb his nads into outer space for being such a pain in the ass." Roman suggested.
"Oh yeah Nicolae that's a great idea that one always works why didn't we think of that one sooner. I swear you're such a dork sometimes." Hank shot back at him.
"Oh yeah and your plans always work so much better Matthews shoot, shoot some more then when everybody is dead try to ask a question." Ro countered
"That is enough out of both of you. It's not getting us anywhere." Piper said.
"Now does anybody have any helpful suggestions?" Paige asked her eyebrow arched
"Ok my last idea try a summoning spell." Hank said hoping to appease Grams.
"That doesn't always work." Phoebe said flatly
"Me and Hank can always try what we did earlier." Billie suggested
"That could work but we could put a little bait in this trap." Hank said the wheels in his mind going a hundred miles a minute.
"What exactly did you have in mind Hank ? Not that I'm going to like it." Paige commented
"Well whitelighters can glamour right ?" Hank asked knowing the answer
"I know where you're going with this Matthews and I like it." Roman said following his thought process.
"Explain to the rest of us what he's onto then Roman." Phoebe losing patience with Hank.
"Simple Uncle J.D. and Sam have the power to glamour so they could turn into little Coop and Chuck and we could pretend to be bounty hunters bringing them in." Hank suggested.
"That's your and Chris's favorite plan and it always works but I think you need to give it a rest son. Try a new plan then if that doesn't work you have a plan B." Big Henry said trying to be helpful
When Paige saw the dejected look that crossed her son's face she shot her husband a warning look and he backed down.
"Bubba your dad is right give that plan a rest and we'll think of a new one." Piper said sweetly.
Hank just threw himself on the couch beside his dad and sighed this was taking one hell of a toll on him. He needed Chris and badly.
" A different version of the plan will work perfectly." Paige announced excitedly
"How so ?" Phoebe asked
"The demon missed his targets twice he had to of he missed me and Hank. So maybe if we orb down and start yelling and antagonizing him maybe he will get cocky and come out." Paige threw out there.
"That just might work and if not we try to summon him." Piper said liking this new plan.
"We now know where Hank gets his though process from." Phoebe said chuckling a bit.
"I don't want to hear about my kid being like me until you hear what your kid did today." Paige told Phoebe.
"No time to talk about that now we have a demon to vanquish." Prue said not wanting to get into that.
"Ok everybody grab someone who can orb and let's go." Piper ordered.
Seven people appeared in a dark cavern in the underworld.
"Here looks like as good a place as any." Billie said all the others nodded their heads in agreement.
"Paige, Bubba this is your show we're just here for backup." Piper stated.
"Hey Ziad I don't think you did such a good job the first time around you want to come here and try again." Paige yelled
"Yo Ziad my great-grandmother has better aim than you and she's been dead for awhile." Henry shouted
"What is the big bad demon scared of a few witches ?" Paige asked the otherwise empty cave.
"That's it now I'm unleashing the big guns." Henry said and then went on "Alright Ziad this is how we're gonna play this and remember you chose the rules. You ain't nothing but a pussy ass wet rag that ain't fucking demon enough to even try to finish the job he started. I'm giving you a free shot you fucking pussy ass motherfucker. You bring your limp dick having ass here right now and I let you hit me with your damn energy ball. And then I'll still be too much of a real man for you sissy ass to take on." he had used just about every dirty phrase that came to his mind at that moment.
"In front of your mom and the aunts Matthews ?" Roman asked his mouth wide open.
Henry did not have time to answer him before Ziad shimmered in.
"All you had to do was ask if you wanted me to come here." Ziad said making his grand entrance.
"What was your purpose in turning us into kids ?" Piper asked her fingers flexing
"Ah but I let you in on the master plan this early it's no fun maybe later." the demon taunted
"Too bad your evil ass won't be around later." Henry said and Roman threw a potion at the demon causing him to explode.
"Bout damn time Roman James good god if your that slow I shutter to think how my kitchen got run at dinner last night." Piper admonished him.
"I run a kitchen just fine thank you very much Aunt Piper." Roman shot back at her.
"The most important question is Henry Victor where did you learn to talk like that ?" Paige asked in mock seriousness.
"Don't knock it, it worked." Henry said shrugging sheepishly
"He learned from you Paige you don't have an edit button for your mouth." Piper observed causing everyone to laugh because they knew Paige cussed like a sailor.
"So now let's see we have a lot more to address today than we did yesterday morning ." Piper said as she addressed the group in front of her.
The kids had been back to normal for an hour now and they had also sent all the dead relatives back into the afterlife. The only difference today was that the dads were at Piper's meeting because they wanted to keep them close.
"Let's start with Carly, Penny, and Phoebe." Paige suggested.
"Ok Paige go for it I was out of commission when that happened." Piper said
"Carly Janice and Penelope Marie I want to know just what the hell you two were thinking shoplifting from the liquor store." Paige demanded of her daughter and niece.
"Aunt Phoebe stole the stuff we were just along for the ride." Carly defended
"Yeah we didn't actually do anything." Penny said agreeing with he cousin.
"That is true but you guys knew she was under a spell and not to let her steal things. If it wasn't for Sarge you guys would be in a world of shit right now." Henry said still aggravated with them.
"Wait I went on a shoplifting spree with those two and got arrested ?" Phoebe asked hoping they were wrong.
"Yeah that's what happened and then me and Aunt Prue went down to the station to get you guys and you were a handful." Henry informed her
"Of course you brought Prue she would have wanted to kill me. What the hell were you girls thinking?" Phoebe asked her daughter and niece.
"Phoebe if you and Paige don't mind I think I'd like to handle this one." Big Henry chimed in this being his area of specialty. Both women nodded their acceptance of this offer and he continued "Ok no big standard lecture girls you know what you did was wrong so for the next week you're going to find out what it's like to be a parolee. I will be your parol officer it will be so much fun. Oh and no arguments or I unleash Hank and Chris on two." as he said this a smile lit up his face.
The girls could only groan in resignation.
"Now Henry Victor it's your turn." Paige said pointing at her only son. "For starters don't ever throw yourself in the way of an energy ball for me again. Secondly where did you get all your weapons ?" she asked
"Mom I couldn't let the damn demon kill you. Secondly I have an assortment of weapons because I never know when I gonna need one of them to kill a demon as you know spells and potions don't always work so I'm prepared." Hank explained.
"Now for the very important part where did you learn to cuss like that ? It was quite impressive." Paige asked a little proud of him
"Ma I'm a narc I have to say worse than that all of the time." Hank laughed
"Now on to Cooper and Charles." Phoebe said with steel in her voice.
"Oh good I'm not too late to rip into them both." Derek Bradford said walking in the side door.
"Start from the top you two." Piper ordered
"It's like this I was attacked by a demon last week and I went in the underworld after him. Well I managed to get myself taken hostage by the same demon." C.J. explained again and it was not getting any easier.
"He had told me that he was going in the underworld to track a demon so when I didn't hear from him for a day I went in to look for him and it took me until Friday morning to find him and fight the demon off that took him. He made me promise not to tell you guys what he was up to so I didn't." Chuck said bowing his head when he saw the look his dad gave him.
Wyatt and Derek both had fire in their eyes but it was Derek that spoke first.
"Charles Derek Bradford you've done some dumb shit in your life but this one takes the cake. You both could have been killed you know damn well you should have marched your ass right over here and told someone oh how I wish you still lived at home because I swear I would love to ground you right now. But wait Cooper you're not innocent either you need to stop and think sometimes and that goes for both of you." Derek ranted he was the male version of Piper.
Both boys just bowed their heads and looked at the floor hoping to disappear.
"Derek is right boys you could have been turned or worse you could have been killed. Everybody loves both of you very much. Derek also makes a very valid point Cooper Jacob Halliwell Jr you are so grounded Charles you're moving to my house for a week because I'm grounding you too." Phoebe raged.
Now both looked to Coop, Henry, and Leo to save them.
"Sorry boys we can't save you this time you deserve it I'm with Phoebe all the way." Coop said wanting to cry he had not raised that boy to be a bonehead.
"Thank you Phoebe." Derek exclaimed loving her idea.
"Fine I get my stuff and come over tonight I have to work tonight." Chuck sighed in defeat.
Piper knew that was a lie but she let him go because she knew whatever he had to take care of was important.
"Problem solved can me and Hank please go home and go to sleep?" Chris begged.
"Chris you got a nap in don't complain I didn't get that and I had to listen to Grams insult me. Not to forget I got to go get my aunt at the police station." Hank shot at him.
"Oh yeah I forgot about that Phoebe you can be grounded too." Paige said playfully.
"I was under a spell." Phoebe said in her defense.
"No you were a bad kid." Piper countered.
Then something occurred to Chuck "Hey the girls stole and they don't get grounded why do we ?" he whined and that earned him a slap on the back of the head from Derek.
"Because you two almost got yourselves killed that's why." Piper answered.
This caused any protest C.J. had to die on his lips.
"Chris, Prue, Wyatt, and Hank you guys go home and get some sleep work can wait today." Paige ordered.
"If your need us to stay and help go through books of prophecies we can." Wyatt volunteered himself and the other three.
"No it's ok Wy you guys go home Hank and Chris need to sleep. Hank has been up almost 48 hours just go home." Piper instructed.
"Hank is not going anywhere he sleeping right now." Chris said pointing over to where Hank was sound asleep at the kitchen table.
"Uncle Henry he's your son you wake him up." Prue said knowing it was dangerous to wake him when he had that gun on his hip.
"I'm not sleeping , I just sat down for a minute. I can help" Hank argued sleepily getting to his feet.
"Home now all four of you Chuck and C.J. can go through books if need be not today though we're all taking a break be back here for dinner all of you. That means Chuck, Roman, Lilly, and Liz too." Piper instructed.
Chris and Henry orbed Prue home while Wyatt orbed the other three home.
C.J. sat on the couch in the living room of the condo he had called home his entire life. He was watching the baseball game on tv. But he couldn't have told anyone who asked him who was playing or who was even winning for that matter. He was so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't even notice when his dad walked in and sat down next to him. He was pulled out of his mind when Coop spoke.
"Hey you how you holding up ?" he asked putting a protective arm around his son.
"Fine I was just thinking about things." C.J. said
"What things ? Coop you know you trust me and tell me things." Coop said reassuring him
"About how I should just move out if mom is going to ground me all the time." C.J. replied laughing.
"She's only doing it to protect you son. You know as well as I do that you're half demon and half witch. But it's not just any demon and witch your mom and Cole are both very powerful so to any demon turning you evil would really work for them but so would killing you. I'm glad you thought you could go to Chuck but I need you trust mom and me enough to come to us we will help." Coop said trying to get through to him.
"Alright dad the next time I get into trouble I will come to you or mom. It's just some things that have to do with my demon half are hard for me to tell you." C.J. said.
"Things like what ?" Coop asked concern clouding his face.
"Dad this is hard for me but here it goes. For the last six months demonic bounty hunters have been coming after me and I don't know why. You can't tell mom not just yet because I'm so close to finding out what they want." Was what C.J. wanted to say he was tired of lying especially to his dad.
But instead what he said was "Just things dad it's nothing to worry about I just have to be really careful and not let my demonic half take me over."
"Cooper Jacob Halliwell II you know that me and mom will never let that happen to you. You're as much of a Cupid as me or any one of your sisters and you're a good man son always remember that." Coop said pulling him into a bear hug.
"Thanks dad." C.J. said allowing his father to hold him close and kiss him on the head.
soon if these flashes and attacks that follow them get any worse I'll tell them but until then there is no sense in worrying them. C.J. thought as he hugged his father back.
Paige orbed into the hallway outside the door of Chuck's apartment and debated on whether she should knock or orb in. "Eh what the hell this is Chuck I'll try the door knob first." she said to herself as she turned the doorknob and the door swung open.
The sight that greeted Paige when she stepped into his living room caused a small grin to come to her face not wanting to see to much she cleared her throat and said "Chuck you really need to lock that door anybody could just walk in here and see anything."
" Paige hi." Chuck said his voice rasing three octaves trying to sound innocent.
"Aunt Paige what are you doing here ?" Prue asked her face turning a deep shade of red.
"Now do you want to tell me again how you have nothing going on with anybody ?" Paige asked teasing her niece.
"Now I know why Henry and Chris pulled guns on you." Chuck said getting brave
"Aunt Paige if we could keep this from my mom it would be good." Prue said
"Oh trust me my lips are sealed I won't say anything to anyone. I want you both to know you have my blessing but Wyatt might try to vanquish you Chuck." Paige assured them.
"Trust me Paige I know." Chuck groaned.
All three sisters sat in their usual booth at P3 with all their husbands in tow.
"Well I guess this recent spike in demonic activity means that our break is over." Phoebe observed.
"We can handle it I just hope the kids are able to." Piper said.
"We all knew this was going to happen sooner or later." Paige mused.
"Let me be the first to tell you that those kids are all strong and stubborn they'll be able to handle it." Leo assured them.
"We don't have to worry too much about them they all take care of each other. And apparently our grown kids live in the safest apartment in the world thanks to Henry's arsenal." Coop said chuckling.
"All the kids are prepared for this we gave them a normal childhood but they all have a very good handle on their powers especially the ones who can orb they seem to abuse that ability." Henry said trying to keep the mod light.
"Don't mind my husband he's only jealous because he can't orb. But the guys are right the kids will stick together. And besides that they will always have us." Paige said with a smile.
-End-
With
Piper Halliwell- Holly Marie Combs
Phoebe Halliwell- Alyssa Milano
Paige Matthews- Rose McGowan
Leo Wyatt- Brian Krause
Henry Mitchell- Ivan Sergei
Coop Valintine - Victor Webster
Melinda Halliwell- Amanda Bynes
Valerie Halliwell- Camilla Belle
Penny Halliwell- Emily Osment
Carly Matthews- Demi Lovato
Patty Matthews - Selena Gomez
Special Apperances
Victor Bennett- James Read
Sam Wilder - Scott Jaeck
Patty Halliwell- Finola Hughes
Penny Halliwell- Jennifer Rhodes
Prue Halliwell- Shannen Doherty
Billie Jenkins - Kaley Cuoco
J.D. Williams- Jay Kenneth Johnson
Derek Bradford- Dominic Purcell
And
Sarge- Eddie Cahill
A/N: Please review and tell me what you would like to see