A Charmed Story - Part Eleven:
Enemy In My Mind
Chapter 6
The people in the living room heard some steps form the stairs. Kyle and Darryl turned around to see Nicki and Paige rushing down to them.
"Hey baby," Kyle muttered as he wrapped his arms around the witch-whitelighter, "I missed you." Paige just smiled and gave him a kiss in response. But a sigh from Piper made them stop.
Then the oldest Charmed One said: "Ok... Nicki, Steve you should go to magic school, or home or whatever... you really shouldn't stay here."
"What? Why?" Nicki and Paige asked at the same time.
"Because the FBI took over the case of Chris... and also the one about the robberies..." Steve explained with a sigh
"Wait!" Leo exclaimed, who had just returned orbing into the kitchen and now entering the living room, too. "Don't tell me they think that there is a connection."
"Hey Leo," Darryl said, "and yes, I'm afraid they do..."
Piper was close to tears now, not because of sadness, but because of anger. She felt like the whole world was against her son. And all of a sudden the glasses in her back exploded, making everyone startle.
"WOW!" Leo exclaimed rushing over to her and holding her close. "Relax honey," he whispered to her ear as she hid her face in his chest. "Everyone ok?" he asked then looking at the others. They all looked kind of shocked but nodded.
Paige noticed that Kyle had turned pale, but she felt him already relaxing again. Then she turned to Steve and Nicki: "You really should go... You don't need to be pulled into this... That would help none of us." The couple nodded. "Ok, so I'll take you to the school," Paige added and her friends nodded again.
"And I take care of Darryl and Kyle," Leo suggested and his wife nodded.
"No!" Kyle exclaimed kind of angry. "I will not go!"
"But... you have too... What do you think will happen, if they find you here?" Paige said caressing his cheek lovingly.
"I don't care," he replied, with a soft smile. "I love you, I belong to your side... and therefore I stay." Both looked deep into each other eyes and then chuckled.
"Ok, then only Darryl," Leo remarked with a sigh. "And don't complain... you have a family waiting for you." Darryl nodded.
"You should also go," Steve said then to Bianca. "You had been with Chris, not to forget that you are his wife... So I guess the FBI would love to talk to you, too..."
Bianca nodded: "But I don't..."
"No, sweetie," Piper said, "he's right... go to the school where you are safe... and take Christopher, Hope and Angela with you... just to be sure..."
The Phoenix nodded with a sigh: "Ok, than I can also take Steve and Nicki..."
Then they all hugged for goodbye and orbed or shimmered away, leaving Paige, Kyle and Piper behind.
All the faces in the cave were looking now at Cole, who stood at the door, smiling but a little bit embarrassed.
After some seconds, Julian went to him and pulled him inside, closing the door with a strong thud: "Are you crazy?? First, what are you doing here? And second, how did..."
"Enough, Julian," Belthazor said, gesturing to make his friend let him go.
Julian did as he wanted, and sighed, resigned: "That door must be closed; maybe that's why the child was able to use his powers. I am not sure if the magic I made will stop working when the door is open..."
Michael was still against the wall, looking at the demon and all the others trying to keep his legs steady and not fall, destabilised by his own shivers. What the hell was he doing there?? He just wanted to go home, at least to go to the surface... or whatever.
Chris, meanwhile, was staring at Wyatt who kept grabbing his shirt, a little bit scared. Was that really the reason why he had been able to use his powers? Or was it the fact that he was so powerful, that in a moment like this he would lose the control over them? Maybe his fear had triggered that, and he didn't even know... And if this worked for his brother, could he maybe use his own powers, too? Was there even a way, to stop them from using them? But then his thoughts went back to Wyatt... Would he be able to heal already?? Would he be able to... resurrect?? He had never stopped to think that before. He knew adult Wyatt could, and he had discovered when he had resurrected him. But then, he had assumed that little Wyatt would be able to do it in case of necessity. However, now he was wondering if he was mature enough to have those powers developed. Or if those powers, even if undeveloped yet, were somehow there already, and would be prompted out by an extreme situation. But his thoughts were immediately interrupted by the others' conversation.
"I don't know, but this is starting to be more like a meeting place, rather than a hiding cave," Belthazor grumbled, pacing in the room restlessly.
"I am sorry, guys..." Cole said, while he stared at Chris and Belthazor curious. "The family was worried about Wyatt. And..."
"And you just thought: 'Hey, maybe he went to see Uncle Belthazor in the Underworld'!" the demon answered, feeling very pissed off about the entire situation.
Cole just shrugged, amused, and answered: "Well, actually that's what he did, didn't he??"
Wyatt, who had still his little fist clenched in Chris's clothes, was looking at Cole now, curious. Why did his uncle and his brother and everyone talk that way to that ugly demon who had tried to hurt him before? He was scared, but still... "Uncle Cole, I want to be with Chris. I am not going to home," he said, determined. Chris smiled.
"Don't worry, Little Warrior. I am not gonna separate you from Chris," Cole said, smiling. Then he turned to Belthazor: "You know? Sometimes they're like an appendix of each other..."
"This is not a place for little children," the demon said, feeling bothered.
"It'll be ok, I will take care of him," Chris said, kissing his brother's forehead. "Maybe it's better if he stays... We don't know what they will do to him to reach me."
Julian lowered his head when he heard that. The situation up there was probably very hard for all of them. This time Chris was in real troubles.
"Well, fine, because we don't have toys," Belthazor insisted.
But Julian smiled and punched him playfully: "Come on, Mister Grumbler, let's focus on our problems. He's just a little child... Or are you afraid that you might become fond of him?"
Cole chuckled, and Chris smiled surreptitiously, as Belthazor grumbled again.
"Ok... Maybe I should go, and tell them that everything is ok, but Wyatt wanna stay."
"YES!" Wyatt said before the others could have a chance to reply. At that sudden answer, even Belthazor had to laugh.
"Alright," Cole sighed turning to Julian again, "Can you take me and Mike home?" The demonic witch nodded smiling sadly at him.
Meanwhile Michael looked at the demon with a mixture of confusion and fear. He knew from Chris that he wasn't a real threat to them, but still... And how could Chris let Wyatt stay? Was he nuts? "I... I don't think..." he found it hard to speak when the demon glared at him. "I don't think you should let Wyatt stay here," he finally said.
"I'm not very happy about that either, but it's the safest place at the moment..." Chris answered with a sigh and everyone else, even Belthazor, nodded in agreement.
"Come on," Julian said grabbing the shivering hand of the man, "you'll be home in a couple of seconds.
Cole went to his other half again, with a cheeky smile on his face. Then he turned serious: "Protect them, ok? I count on you, that you won't let anything happen to them."
Belthazor smiled and then pulled the man into a hug. "I will brother... as long as you promise me that this won't be your last visit down here..." he whispered.
Cole smiled while he returned the hug: "I promise... brother."
Wyatt's eyes grew wide when he saw his beloved uncle hugging that demon. He was completely confused now as he turned to Chris, who was smiling, too.
But then the Elder-witch noticed his brothers confusion and turned to look at him. "Don't worry," he said and hold him close, "they are just really long friends..."
"But that demon is evil..." Wyatt whispered a little afraid.
Chris smiled and then sighed. How should he explain all that to the little boy. "Well..." he said, "I guess a part of him is... but he cares about us, about you, too... he won't hurt you, don't worry."
Wyatt nodded but still felt uncomfortable. So he put his head on Chris shoulder and his thumb in his mouth, observing Belthazor suspicious.
Meanwhile Cole and Belthazor had separated. "See you later, brother," he said. And then, turning to Chris he added: "Don't worry, you'll be home sooner than you think."
Chris nodded and then Julian, Michael and Cole left the cave to shimmer back to the manor.
When Bianca closed the door to their small apartment she sighed. Angela had taken the babies to the kindergarten, so that she had a moment for herself.. a moment to think... Slowly she went into her bedroom and again closed the door behind her. She looked around. She looked at their bed which was still a mess from the last night... a sleepless night. She looked at the nightstand with the book on it, which Chris was reading at the moment. He never managed to read more then a few pages in a row, as long as it wasn't magic-related. That thought made Bianca smile a little. Then her eyes moved on... She looked at the stone with Excalibur which was placed in the corner next to their wardrobe. And she still didn't understand why he wanted to have it in their bedroom... Then she looked at the table where they had placed all the frames with family pictures. She looked at all the things that she had, all things which were images of the new good life she was supposed to have, in this time. But right that moment, her life was anything else like that... She wasn't even sure if she would ever see him again... Chris... The man that meant so much to her... The man who was everything to her... What should she do without him. And she leaned back against the door and sank down to the ground, crying...
When Julian shimmered Cole and Michael into the living room of the manor, where the others were sitting, Michael sank down to an armchair very pale, but relieved to be back in the light.
Cole meanwhile went over to Piper: "Greetings from you son..."
"Which one?" she asked back.
Cole couldn't help chuckling. Then he turned serious: "Let me quote him: 'I want to stay with Chris!'... That's what he said..."
"WHAT?" the oldest Charmed One exclaimed. And Cole nodded.
"Actually," Julian interrupted, "I think it's the best solution... because Wyatt was able to find him..."
While Piper still looked at him with an undefined expression, Paige sighed: "Well, maybe he's right? I mean... what if the Cleaners try to use him to find Chris?"
Piper's head flew around: "But he's with..."
"... with Chris!" Cole interrupted her. "Wherever that is..."
The oldest Charmed One understood. They shouldn't talk about where they were exactly. "Still I don't like it!"
"Where is Phoebe?" Cole asked then.
"At the school," Paige replied. Then she added knowing his thoughts: "But you have to stay, we could need your help."
The man looked at them surprised: "What shall I do?"
"We could need you as lawyer," Piper explained.
Kyle nodded: "Yeah, Darryl lost the case... to the FBI!"
The three newcomers looked at him in shock. "Oh my God..." Michael mumbled.
Piper nodded. Then she sighed again: "Ok... Julian, could you shimmer Mike to the school please?"
At that moment Odin orbed in. "Maybe we've found something!" he exclaimed excited.
Nicki and Steve were on their way to the library. After a few yards Steve took her hand into his and pressed it slightly.
"You're worried, right?" Nicki asked.
Steve nodded: "Yeah... he's one of my best friends, and..."
Nicki stopped and forced him to look into her eyes: "And?"
He sighed: "And I was thinking that... Well... I have the same power...And... What if that happened because he's just half-Elder, what if that's a side effect of that? What if it hadn't been him, but me?"
She smiled at him and took his face in her hands. "But it wasn't you... and I bet there is something going on which is not natural... otherwise Chris wouldn't do that... So, please, don't worry..." And with this she gave him a soft kiss on the lips. "I know you will never do that..."
Then they heard some loud voices from the library. Frowning they went on, and the more closer they got the more voices they heard. Nicki and Steve went on faster.
"But if even our headmaster isn't following the rules..." someone said.
"Why should we do it?" they heard another voice.
And then they heard a girl: "But he's Chris... not anyone... he's THE Chris... someone must have tricked him..."
"Whatever... I don't care about the rules either... I want to..."
The voices were getting louder and louder. And when the couple reached the library they saw Phoebe, Veronica and Tom in front of about thirty young witches who were disappointed, angry, hurt or just cheeky... all of them had already heard of what Chris had done...
"Ok, what is going on here!!" Nicki exclaimed with the usual bossy tone she used with her students. All of them shut up immediately and turned to her, surprised.
"Peace... Finally!" Phoebe sighed, letting herself slip down into a sitting position on the floor.
Nicki walked to them, with her hands on her hips and her brows furrowed. She was pretending to be mad at them, which made Steve chuckle surreptitiously, as he walked behind her.
"Thanks God you're here..." Tom said, winking at the girl, who did not show any sign of having heard.
"Hush... She needs to concentrate on her acting," Veronica whispered, a little bit amused.
"We have heard the news, Mrs. Nicholus!" a little daredevil explained.
Nicki stared at him defiantly: "And?"
The boy just shrugged, feeling uncomfortable: "Well... Mr. Halliwell has exposed magic."
"Yeah, he always tells us not to do it, and we cannot even use it for good things, just not to expose it," added a girl who was not so confident, but looked more like confused.
"As our headmaster he shouldn't do that, should he?" another girl stated, who was standing in the last row.
At that last statement, all the others looked at each other and started to murmur things, at which Nicki raised her hands and hushed them again: "Ok! We are civilised people, aren't we?? And we have to solve this as civilised people do, which is not arguing and talking all at the same time." She made a pause and looked slightly at Steve and Phoebe, who encouraged her to go on. "You all know Chris Halliwell. You all know or think you know his story. He's a legend for this school, a hero. At least, you know that he had to go through a lot to get us a future we should be grateful for. And now..." She paused again. "Now that he has made the only mistake of his entire life, you judge him without listening to what he has to say??"
All the students stared at her silent. Some lowered their eyes, sadly, and some were still angry.
"Have you thought at least of what he is going through right now?? Have you thought of the danger he could be in? Of what this could mean for him? Do you have any idea of what could happen to him??"
"He will betray all of us and all the world will know about magic, and..."
"Damn it!" Tom interrupted suddenly. "Don't you understand? Is that what we are teaching you here?! I can't believe it."
Silence again. Steve and Phoebe shook their heads, desperately, and Veronica sighed.
"He would keep the secret come what may. He would sacrifice himself for all of you, for us. But it does not matter; you will never appreciate what he's done for magic, for this school... For the world," the Charmed One said with teary eyes.
Nicki looked at her, moved, and even though she wanted to say many things, she kept quiet. The students were suddenly silent as tombs.
"No one can say how he'll act. You always say this. He always says this: We are humans above any other thing. And humans in all the possible senses," a boy answered, shyly.
Phoebe shook her head again, and went to the entrance, tiredly. Once there, she looked at them before leaving: "Believe me. He would do that, because some humans are heroes, and he is one."
"How can you know?" another asked girl, gaining a furious look from Steve Tom and Nicki.
"Because I am empathic. And I am his aunt, and know him very well." And after those words, she left the room.
For a moment no one knew what to say. Most of them felt bad after realising that they were right in some way. Chris was also a person, with feelings and a family that worried about him. But they had been talking of him as if he was no one.
Finally Veronica's voice brought them back to reality, softly and sadly: "Ok, guys. I think it's time to go back to your classes. Those taught by Chris will be suspended for now. We'll let you know about the others shortly. If any of you still wanna help Chris, please... Just go to class."
"What did you find?" Julian asked, before anyone else could say something.
"A demon," answered the Elder. "There is a demon who once tried to kill the source, he manipulated his mind. It is described that the source was first only suffering a pain in his head before he began to see pictures."
Julian frowned, but said nothing. Cole meanwhile looked at Piper before he turned to the Elder and asked: "And you think that demon is after Chris?" Odin just nodded. He didn't want to share this other little detail about a possible connection to the source. He would just confuse and scare everyone even more, if he did.
At that moment also Leo returned. When he saw his friend he asked: "What's going on here?"
"Odin has a trace," Paige said.
"His name is Veenosh, we couldn't find more about him, but maybe there is something at the school library or in your book," Odin said. Then he turned to Leo: "I guess we both should go there and check that... I have to talk to you anyway."
"Ok," Piper said to Odin, "You both go and take Mike with you please." Then she turned to Julian: "Go and tell them... maybe your friend knows something about him..."
Julian nodded: "As soon as our computer is fixed I'll contact you."
"But could you tell me first what's going on here?" Leo asked impatient. He knew the name of the demon from somewhere but couldn't remember. And what had this to do with his son?
But at the same moment the doorbell rang. And short after that they heard a strong knock and someone yelling: "FBI! OPEN THE DOOR!"
Piper turned to Leo terrified and commanded: "GO!"
Her husband nodded and orbed with Odin and Michael to the school, while Julian shimmered back to the underworld.
Chris looked up when the door was opened again. He sat with Wyatt in a corner of the cave, while Belthazor was pacing around.
"Anything happened?" the demonic witch asked. Belthazor shook his head. Julian sighed relived.
"And at home?" Chris asked fearing the answer.
Julian sighed again, but this time it was because of worry: "Actually you have now also the FBI on your tail..."
The Elder-witch looked down and took a deep breath, while Belthazor mumbled: "That's not good."
Chris nodded: "Yeah... But there is nothing we can do about it as long as we don't know what's going on..."
At this, Julian informed his friends what the Elders had found. "You never heard of that?" he finally asked the source.
Belthazor shook his head: "No, I haven't... but I'll check the books, maybe I'll find something."
Julian nodded and then turned to Chris and Wyatt who yawned. The witch smiled: "Meanwhile I'll show you a place to rest a little... Seems you need that."
"Thanks," Chris said. He was tired too, because he hadn't slept much the last night. But still... "Thanks, but I'm here to help."
Belthazor laughed: "Go and rest a little first, that's no problem..."
Chris nodded and then followed Julian who led him into another part of the liar.
"You can rest here," the demonic witch said as he opened another door, "that's my bedroom and I guess you will feel more comfortable in there."
"Wow," Chris exclaimed surprised. Julian's room looked... well, like a casual room. There was a large bed in the middle, a wardrobe, a desk with lots of books on it, flowers, family pictures... There was a small but not often used oven and there was popcorn on the table, lot's of popcorn.
Chris put Wyatt to the ground and started to walk around amazed, while Julian stood in the door. He had never expected such a casual room down in the underworld, in the liar of the source of all evil.
"Surprised?" Julian asked smiling.
"Yeah man," Chris answered nodding. "W... why... why don't you live up there? Why do you share a cave with Belthazor? I mean..."
"I know what you mean... And... This isn't the liar of the source... is my liar! Let's say he's using the guestroom from time to time," the demonic witch answered laughing. He sat down on his bed and sighed. "Look I... I don't feel like home up there anymore... And Belthazor... he saved me and he took care of me after..."
"Zankou?" Chris asked and sat down by his side.
"Yeah... That bastard had imprisoned five witches including me. He wanted to created some slaves with both demonic and witch powers... I was the only one that survived."
"I'm sorry," Chris said. "I wish I could have saved you, before..."
"No Chris... Look... When Belthazor freed me I thought I had no place to go, I had no idea what to do. And that's when he asked me to help him with the computers. He wanted to save you. First I didn't know why, but I thought I would owe him that..."
Chris just nodded. What else should he do. He was surprised that Julian told him all that. And he didn't want to make him stop.
"But after a while," the man went on, "I began to understand, that he had changed, that he was like me, stuck between good and evil. We're neither black nor white... we're grey and we try to do what's right..."
"Shall that mean you would also kill a witch, if it seems right?" Chris couldn't help asking.
"If a witch would kill demons without reason..." Julian replied seriously. And when he saw Chris's puzzled look he added: "Because there are really some demons down here who just want to live in peace..."
Chris nodded. "I'm sorry," he said. But Julian just smiled.
For a while none of them said a word. Chris was still wondering about that weird relation between the demonic witch and the source, but it felt more right now.
Julian meanwhile thought about his friend. He was really worried about what was going on. If they would just know their enemy...
Suddenly Chris looked around. Then he asked: "Where is Wyatt?"
Belthazor was reading in a book when he felt someone was watching him. Grumbling he rose his head to find the little boy standing in front of him. He had his thumb in his mouth and looked at him with wide opened eyes.
The demon shook his head and turned back to the book, but he felt that the boy was still watching him. He sighed as he looked up again: "What do you want?"
Wyatt just stood there, looking at him, but said nothing. Belthazor shook his head. Then he stood up, took the book and went into another room, his room. There he sat down on his huge bed. But when he was about to start reading again, he noticed that Wyatt had followed him.
"Boy... What do you want?" he asked again with a sigh. Still Wyatt kept silent. "Ok," Belthazor grumbled, "if you don't want anything, then go back to your brother and don't disturb me."
"Why do you care about us?" Wyatt asked then.
Now the source looked at him wonderingly: "Who said that?"
"Chris... and he never lies."
Belthazor smiled evilly: "So I guess you better go to your brother and tell him how wrong he is... I just care about myself."
"I don't believe that... Now I'm sure you care... and I'm sure you are not evil," Wyatt stated dryly.
That caught the source by surprise. Shocked he looked at the boy and asked: "What? Why not?"
Wyatt smiled, first shyly then more self-confident. He walked over to the demon and sat down beside him: "Because my brother said you're helping us. And you're a friend of my uncle... you know, he's the best uncle in the world, and he has no friends who are evil."
Belthazor looked still shocked at the small boy. Then he smiled and hugged him softly with his huge strong arms: "You're a very clever young man..."
At that moment Chris and Julian entered. But when they saw the two persons on the bed they stopped surprised. The worry and fear on their faces disappeared immediately and was replaced by amusement.
"See..." Julian said to Chris, "I know he would become fond of him."
As soon as they were all gone, Piper rushed to the door while Paige, Kyle and Cole stayed back, staring at her anxiously. However, she did not have time to reach the entrance, when the door slammed on the wall, opened violently and getting the lock broken as a result.
"SHOOT! Be careful for God's Sake! You needn't have broken it!" Piper exclaimed, between terrified and angry.
Cole and Kyle stepped forward seeing how the two men that had just come in were pointing at them with a gun, but they stopped when they saw the crowd behind them: Now the street was full of people. Not only journalists, cameramen and reporters, but also bystanders and curious neighbours... And a bunch of policemen and FBI agents holding the masses away.
"Oh, my God..." Paige muttered, taking her hand to her mouth, shocked to death, and scared of the way things were turning.
"MOVE!" one of the men said, ignoring Piper's complaints and the presence of Kyle, and pushing the woman rudely inside the house while the other looked around and then smashed the door closed, to hide them from the people outside.
"Don't touch me!" Piper cried angrily, almost tripping.
Cole frowned, and took the woman by her arm. "Calm down..." he whispered. Then he looked at the agents, furrowing his eyebrows in anger, as they showed their badges to them, and pushed them into the lounge.
"We have to talk very seriously," one of them said, the same one that had been in Darryl's office first. Then he looked at Kyle: "It's very interesting to see an officer of the San Francisco Police Department, who was supposed to be in charge of this case, in the house of the suspect."
Kyle was going to answer in anger, but a look of Cole made him shut up. Paige looked at him and her sister, who looked at Cole, but he stared at the intruders, and then made a signal to the women so that they sat down. So they did: Piper grumbling and Paige looking at the men in terror, while Kyle stayed by her side, silent.
Cole, however, was as cold as ice. 'As he used to be when he was evil,' Paige thought with a shiver. He stepped forward to the agents, elegantly and very professionally and talked steadily. "Do you have any order of inspection?" he asked.
One of the agents smirked at him: "And you are...?"
Cole looked fiercely into his eyes: "Cole Turner, lawyer. And I recommend you to show me your order now, or leave."
The other agent raised his eyebrow and then smiled, taking a paper out of his jacket and showing it to Cole, mockingly: "Here's your order, Mr. Turner."
Cole looked at it without any expression in his face. Actually he knew he'd see one, but he was trying to gain time. Time to make up a plan, maybe, or to find some ideas...? He turned his eyes from the paper to the agents with a despiteful look, as Paige, Kyle and Piper observed him attentively. The young officer was confused by his attitude. This would not lead to much; they would have to bring Chris at some point, or answer many questions, instead.
"And now you have seen your order, let's make this easy. We want that Christopher Halliwell. Where's he hiding?"
"We don't kn..." Piper started, but Cole interrupted her.
"Not so fast, Agent..."
"Anderson," the one that seemed to be in charge replied.
"Not so fast, Agent Anderson. First, these women are not your aim, you do not have the right to break in their house and treat them in the disrespectful way you did. This is going to bring you much trouble in the Courts."
"I am sorry, Mr. Turner, but your knowledge must be from another age. We have an order which allows us to inspect and look into this house, with all the consequences..."
Cole smirked. "The law allows you to do that in the house of the person you want to find, Mr. Anderson. As far as I have read in your paper. Not here," he said, threateningly.
Piper frowned. What was he talking about?? Of course Chris lived there, somehow. Was he going to tell them that he lived in the magic school and that that was the place to look in??
The agents smiled, but appeared to be very confused. "Well, this is the house of Christopher Halliwell. I don't understand what you're talking about."
Cole stepped forward again still smirking and looked around: "Are you sure? Who told you that a Christopher lives here? Because, as far as I know, the papers don't have any Christopher in this house. This house belongs to three sisters: Piper, Paige and Phoebe, and you can check that in the database of the census. No Christopher. And therefore, you don't have the right to break in here and do what you're doing... Unless you mean Piper Halliwell's youngest son - who's about four month old, I may add. But I doubt he's who you are looking for. "
The agents turned red in anger: "Mr. Turner, don't play with us. We know that this Christopher lives here, and there are thousands of witnesses out there. This is a life or death case, that man is a public danger. And if you, as a man of law, do not cooperate, you are as guilty as him, and you're endangering many innocents."
Cole had to gather a lot of strength not to explode in anger at those words. 'You don't know how many innocents he has saved, man,' he thought. 'You have no idea.'
"I am not playing, and I encourage you to leave this house if you don't want to be in trouble with your superiors. I repeat: There's no Christopher living here - except the baby. Go and check it, and then, if you find any evidence, come back. But if you don't find anything - and I assure you, you won't - you'll have to be very grateful if the owners of this house do not sue you for what you are doing right now," he said very slowly, and clenching his teeth menacingly.
Paige swallowed without taking the look from any of them and Piper was praying inside that they left, as Kyle tried to think quickly about which was the following step to take. Finally, the two agents lowered their guns, frustrated, but keeping their defiant looks on Cole.
"Agent Smith, look for the fugitive in the house."
"But..."
"Do it. And if we find him here, or any evidence that he has been here, you're gonna want that the earth swallow you," he added referring to Cole, who kept his cold look.
The other agent finally nodded and headed to the stairs, under the worried look of the two sisters. What if they found any of Chris's belongings there?
(Chapter 6 written by Chrissy.W.xand Belén)