Charmed: Part 2

When the Halliwell sisters wake up the next morning, they are surprised to see the four teens already sitting at the dining table. Leo is cooking, while Wyatt is happily playing with some blocks with Kendall.

"Good morning." Piper says with some confusion. She goes to stand by her husband, while keeping an eye on Wyatt. "You cook now, huh?"

"Well, he was already playing with Wyatt, so I offered to make breakfast." Leo replies.

"Wow, you're good with him." Phoebe tells Kendall as she watches him.

"I have a younger sister." He replies with a shrug.

"Just another clue that he's the one, right?" Prue tells Piper and Leo and they both nod.

"So, since we're all here…" Piper then mentions after clapping her hands once. She opens her mouth to say something, when Logan interrupts.

"God, James… Yes, your hair is fine." He says in exasperation. James looks at him in confusion.

"Uh, I didn't say anything, dude." He mentions.

Carlos gasps. "Oh my god… Now you can hear both me and James!" he calls out in glee.

Logan groans. "You have got to be kidding me." He says with a shake of his head. "Why you two? Why not Kendall or one of them?" He asks in a plea, waving his hands towards the three sisters.

"Hey, James, let's see which one of us can gross Logan out more." Carlos suggests to James, who grins in agreement.

"Guys, no, come on… That's so not…" he starts to say, but then his eyes widen in shock. "Ok, wow. Please make them stop." He says, while still looking at his grinning friends. The two turn towards each other and gain a twinkle in their eyes, before turning back.

"Ok, that is quite enough out of you two." Piper scolds then, after Logan's face pales and the two high five and laugh out loud.

"Now, let's discuss some stuff. First of all, what I would like to know is; how did you suddenly get these powers? Did one of you use a spell or something?" Prue asks the guys. They exchange glances and shrug.

"Logan, you said you have a Book of Shadows. Did you maybe read something from it?" Phoebe asks him. He looks around at the faces of his friends.

"What? No. Why would I read anything from it? I don't believe in that stuff." He says, albeit a little nervously.

"Then why do you have it?" Phoebe asks him.

"Yeah and how did you get that book anyway?" Carlos suddenly asks him as well.

"Uh, well… uh…" Logan stammers and clears his throat. "I kind of… I mean, we, kind of got it as a Christmas present last year from our parents." He sheepishly answers, avoiding his friend's gazes by looking at the tabletop instead.

"Whoa, what?" James exclaims.

"What do you mean we got it from our parents? Why didn't we know about it?" Kendall adds.

"Yeah, why didn't you tell us, Logan? And why did they send it to us?" Carlos asks, his arms now crossed, looking a little disappointed.

Logan sighs. "Look, I was the only one home when it was delivered. I opened it and read the note and thought it was stupid, since it's not real, and then put it away. I didn't tell you, because I didn't believe in that stuff and didn't want you to go crazy." He directs his last sentence more towards Carlos. "I didn't think it meant anything. I just thought maybe our parents were playing a joke. In the note they mentioned something about us needing it soon enough and that we would know what to do with it. How was I supposed to know it would cause all of this?"

"Did you ever read something in it?" Prue asks him with a scrutinizing look.

"Not intentionally anyway." He then suddenly pipes up. "It was really dark one night and I couldn't sleep. I grabbed a book from the shelf and with really sleepy eyes I opened it and started to read aloud. Only then did I notice it wasn't one of my medical books, so I closed it and put it back."

"When was that?" Piper asks.

"I don't know, a few days ago?" He answers and the women share knowing looks.

"Well, that would explain it." Phoebe mentions and the others nod. The boys frown.

"It's how we got our powers, too. Phoebe said some spell, which unleashed our powers, which then started to appear after a few days." Piper explains.

"But I still don't get how they have one Book of Shadows between the four of them. I mean, they're not even related, right?" Prue mentions and the guys shake their heads. "So, how is that possible?"

"Well, they must have a very close bond. One that's just as close as brothers and I'm guessing their families are close as well and maybe even made a pact years ago to make sure this moment would happen." Leo explains.

"But you said the Elders chose one of them for the special powers?" Phoebe asks and the others look at her in exasperation.

"Phoebe!" She immediately gives an apologetic look towards her sisters.

"Wait, special powers? What kind of special powers?" Carlos asks, immediately intrigued.

"Relax, she probably means the powers we already have and are going to have." Logan adds.

"Actually, no. Only one of you will receive these powers and since two of you already have powers, one of the two left will be the one." Leo tells them. Carlos and Kendall look at each other in some shock and amazement.

"How do they decide which one of us gets them?" Kendall asks in a quiet voice.

"Well, they already have. Each of you was given a power, which belongs to you. These powers aren't easy to deal with and only someone with a pure heart will be worthy of accepting them. These powers haven't been handed to anyone in over a hundred years. I guess it must mean something that the Elders have decided to release them now. One of you must really be special." Leo mentions with a smile.

Again, Carlos and Kendall look at each other with some awe.

"So, what happens now though? I mean, do we just wait for these powers to develop?" Kendall asks them.

"That is kind of the natural way to do it. But we were asked to help you for a reason. So, we can help you train them." Piper tells the guys.

"But we don't even have our powers yet." Carlos reminds them as he points towards Kendall and himself.

"Oh, you probably do, they just haven't surfaced yet." Leo replies.

"But that still means you can't train us." Carlos responds with a small pout.

The others exchange glances. He has a point.

"Hey, don't worry about it, buddy. Maybe we can keep Wyatt company. I'm sure he has lots of cool toys to play with, right?" Kendall asks the tiny blond, who giggles. Carlos' eyes light up when he hears the mentioning of toys.

Everyone eats breakfast and gets dressed, before the women take Logan and James aside to try and train their powers little by little in the basement. Carlos and Kendall stay in the living room with Wyatt, who is happy to orb all his toys downstairs, plus some that aren't even his.

When the training is over a few hours later, everyone comes out of the basement looking exhausted. Logan holds his head in his hands, rubbing at his temples, wincing every once in a while. James looks frustrated, while Phoebe pats him on the back.

"Don't worry. Just keep trying and soon I'm sure you'll be conjure up more than just your comb." She assures him. He just sighs and walks off.

"Wow, that was difficult…" Prue starts as the women reach the kitchen. Piper nods in agreement. They grab some drinks and head for the living room.

There they find Kendall passed out on the couch, Logan sitting on a chair, holding his head and James also in a chair, again trying to conjure up something besides his lucky comb.

The women look at the floor in surprise, where Wyatt is giggling loudly and clapping his hands, while Carlos reads him a story, using funny voices for all the characters.

The women go to sit down on another couch and just watch in amazement at the immature and child-like teenager taking care of their two-year old.

They watch for a little while, until suddenly Wyatt looks around and quickly puts a protection shield around himself and surprisingly, Carlos. Carlos looks up in confusion.

"Uh, what's going on?" He asks as he tries to touch the shield carefully.

The three witches get up and look around. "Wyatt, what's wrong, sweetie? Did you sense something?" Piper asks him as she kneels before him.

James quickly wakes Kendall up and the three friends sit upright. They stare at Carlos surrounded with the shield with tilted heads.

"What's with the blue bubble?" James asks, pointing towards him.

"It's Wyatt's protection shield. He must have senses danger and thought to protect his new playmate." Piper tells them. The guys snort a little, while Carlos glares at them.

"You might want to stay serious a little, since this could be a demon about to attack." Phoebe reminds them and their grins fade immediately.

"Just stay close to us." Prue tells them. They nod and gulp, while the women look around carefully for any sign of enemies approaching.

The guys cry out when the front door explodes. A large creature with a blue face and black eyes stands before them, holding out a large claw like hand. Their eyes widen in fear when he approaches them.

He grins when he spots Wyatt and Carlos and tries to walk there, but the Halliwell sisters are too fast. Prue smashes him into the wall with just her eyes, while Piper lifts her hands and blows him up.

The guys stare at the empty spot near the wall with shocked eyes.

"Hm. He must have been a first level demon." Phoebe comments in an unimpressed manner. Prue nods with her arms crossed and the three head back into the living room, leaving the guys with their mouths agape and then quicly following them.

"Did you notice how he was heading for Wyatt, though?" Prue asks absentmindedly. Piper nods as she watches her son, who has let down the shield and is tiredly crawling into Carlos' lap.

The teenager hardly seems to notice, taking it as if it's the most natural thing in the world. His eyes are wide and full of excitement.

"Wow, you guys were awesome! The way that guy exploded like that, so cool…" He breathes at the three women in awe, while his friends sit down on the couch together.

"Why did Wyatt put a shield over him and Carlos? I think there's something we're missing here." Piper says quietly, making sure only her sisters can hear her. Carlos in the meantime tries to make Wyatt smile, who has become a little fussy. "Why don't I take him upstairs for a nap?" Piper offers and grabs her son from the teen, who smiles at her.

"He's cute." Carlos tells her genuinely, tickling the boy one more time and slightly waving at him, as Piper holds him and takes him upstairs.

That night, after training some more for two of the guys, everyone is fast asleep. Almost everyone, anyway. Logan keeps tossing and turning, unable to tune out the growing list of voices crowding in his head. Eventually he sighs and opens his eyes. He stares at the ceiling for another moment, before sitting up and deciding to get some water. The moment he sits up, he suddenly realizes one of the other sleeping bags is empty.

He looks around, throwing his own sleeping bag off of him. He frowns.

"Carlos?" He whispers, but gets no response. He gets up as quiet as possible, as not to disturb the others and starts to look around for his missing friend. "Carlos?" He whispers a little louder, getting a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.

He winces and puts his hands on his head, shutting his eyes at the loud voices. He tries to focus on Carlos, making he can hear his thoughts. Just then, one voice stands out and makes him cry out in pain.

"Logan?" He hears Kendall whisper suddenly. He looks up at him through the darkness.

"Kendall, I'm sorry. Did I wake you?" He asks silently.

"A little, but what are you doing up anyway?" His friend asks when Logan steps closer.

"My head was starting to hurt from all hearing all these thoughts, so I got up to get some water. But then I noticed Carlos was missing and I just…"

"Wait. Did you say Carlos is missing?" Kendall interrupts. Logan looks at him, before wincing at the voices again. The blond looks around and indeed finds Carlos' sleeping bag empty. He quickly gets up and heads into the kitchen. "Carlos?" He whispers loudly.

"Don't bother, Kendall. I already checked. He's not here." Logan informs him.

"You don't think he went upstairs, do you?" Kendall asks in a worried tone. This would be so like their friend, to go snooping around where he wasn't supposed to.

"In the middle of the night? While we could be attacked by demons at any moment? I don't think even Carlos would risk that." Logan tells him.

"Do you also have a weird feeling in the pit of your stomach?" Kendall suddenly asks him.

"Like something is wrong? Yeah. Yeah, I do." Logan admits. They share a look of concern.

"We better wake up James." Kendall suggests and Logan nods.

"Don't bother. You guys have no idea how to be quiet when people are sleeping, do you?" James groggily whispers.

"Sorry, James, it's just that…" Logan starts.

"Carlos is missing. Yeah, I heard." He mentions, before also getting up. He stretches a little and then frowns. "Why is the front door open?"

The other two turn around and suddenly see the front door is wide open. Their eyes grow bigger.

"How did we miss that?" Logan asks as they hurry forward and look outside.

"I guess we were too busy too look for him inside the house." Kendall tells him.

"He wouldn't really go outside by himself at this hour, would he?" Logan asks his friends.

"Not willingly, that's for sure." James replies. The other two look at him in disbelief and fear, but it's exactly what they were thinking.

"We better wake everyone else up." Kendall suggests, while Logan stares at the night sky with deep worry etched on his face.

"Don't worry, man. We'll find him." James tells him, squeezing his shoulder. Logan just nods.

After a few minutes, everyone is up and downstairs. Leo orbs down as well.

"He's definitely not in the house anymore. I tried to sense him, but his powers haven't fully developed yet." He informs everyone.

"Alright, well, we're going to have to go look for him." Piper says, tiredly rubbing her forehead.

"But he could be anywhere." Phoebe tells them.

"Are you sure he wouldn't run off like this by himself?" Prue asks the guys, who look more and more worried as time goes on. They shake their heads. "I guess we don't have another option. Leo, could you check with the Elders, see if they've heard anything?"

Leo nods and is about to orb away, when Wyatt starts to cry upstairs. The women and Leo frown.

"That doesn't sound like his normal cry." Piper mentions. They quickly rush upstairs. They find the boy standing up in his crib, crying his little eyes out and looking very upset. "Oh, honey… What's wrong?" Piper soothes and picks him up. She holds him against her and rocks him gently. Then, suddenly they both orb out.

Everyone stares in slight shock.

"Uh, what just happened?" Prue asks.

"I think Wyatt just orbed them both out." Leo explains.

"Yes, thank you, captain obvious. But why did he do it?" Phoebe asks him. He suddenly looks up.

"I think Piper has found out why. She's calling for me." He suddenly tells them with some worry visible in his eyes. The guys exchange glances. "Come, you better hold on. I have a feeling all of us might be needed."

The guys gulp, before holding on to each other as Leo orbs them out.

When they come to a standstill, they gasp.

"Okay, why are we next to the freeway?" Prue asks. They quickly hurry towards Piper, who is holding an even more upset sounding Wyatt. She is staring at something in the distance. Phoebe follows her gaze.

"I think that might be it." She quietly says.

The others follow her gaze and their eyes widen in shock. They stare at Carlos, who is in the middle of the freeway, walking as if in a trance, his hand outstretched and a strange light dangling in front of him.

The guys immediately step forward, but are stopped by the others.

"You can't go out there. It's too dangerous." Leo warns them.

"But what about Carlos? It's too dangerous for him too. He could get killed out there." James exclaims as he watches Carlos narrowly avoid an oncoming car.

"We can't just stand here and watch!" Kendall exclaims towards the others. "Can't you just orb him out or something?" he directs towards Leo.

"I'm sorry. We can't risk getting exposed." The whitelighter tells him.

"So, what? We're just supposed to watch as he gets himself killed? Why is he out there anyway?" Kendall asks them.

"I don't know. It's like he's under a spell or something and I'll bet you anything that weird light has something to do with it." Prue says angrily as she stares helplessly at the boy wandering slowly across the freeway.

"I'm getting him out of there." Kendall says determinedly, getting ready to jump the railing, when Leo grabs hold of him. "Just let me go, I have to help him."

"Kendall, no, it's too dangerous." James tells him.

"I don't care! I have to help him!" he cries out as he struggles in Leo and now James' arms as well.

Everyone watches as suddenly a huge truck stars to come closer.

"It's coming right at him…" Logan says as he walks closer to the railing with huge eyes.

"Leo, do something!" Phoebe cries out.

"I can't. We can't risk the exposure!" Leo tells her, but it's clear he's struggling with it as well.

"Prue, maybe you can move him." Piper suggests. Prue focused on the teen and tries everything to move him out of the way. But he doesn't move an inch.

"It's not working. It must be the spell. It's completely controlling him." She explains.

"What if you move the truck?" Logan suddenly suggests.

"But what if the driver gets hurt?" Piper asks.

"We can at least try." Prue speaks out. She holds out a hand and takes a deep breath. Leo and James release their grips on Kendall as everyone holds their breaths. The truck comes closer and is just about to hit. Prue is just about to move her hand, when something swoops by, startling her. The truck races by and the guys scream.

Everyone stares at the spot Carlos was just in with their mouths agape.

On the other side of the freeway, two figures roll onto the sand for a moment, before coming to a standstill. A groan comes from one of them, making the other look up in concern.

"Carlos, are you okay?" Carlos slowly sits up, heavily blinking when his vision swims a little.

"Whoa… What happened?" He asks, slightly dazed and rubbing his head. He looks around and frowns. "Kendall, what are you doing here?"

On the other side, everyone is still completely in shock over what they just saw.

"Did Kendall just save Carlos from an oncoming truck on the freeway?" Phoebe asks.

"I think he did." Prue answers.

"By using lightening speed?" Phoebe adds. The others nod slowly, their mouths still open.

"I guess we were wrong about who's receiving those special powers." Piper replies and the others shake their heads in disbelief.

"I didn't even see him…" James breathes out. Logan just stares and points a finger towards the same spot.

"That… He…" He says, before promptly fainting in James' arms.

A/N Alright, part 2! Next part will show Carlos' powers emerging slowly. If anyone fully read the first part, you'll know what powers he has ;)

Thanks for the support on these stories, guys I know it's just to cure my writer's block, so they're not exactly awesome :P But I hope you like them anyway, until I can finish my slightly better stories

Happy Easter, guys and here's hoping to a lot more Carlos via YouTube and all ;)

Love, Baxxie