A/N: Thanks to Thunder903 and Melinda Faith Halliwell for reviewing.
Chapter 7: Facing Demons
"Absolutely not Dom there is no way you and Paige are going anywhere in the underworld alone. We've seen first hand what happens when the two of you are left to your own devices. Demonic bounty hunters will be on your asses after five minutes you always manage to piss off the wrong demons." Jack protested the small suggestion that Dom had made.
Dom threw up his hands in a sign of surrender "Ok I'm sorry I even said anything it was only an idea anyway."
"Please Dom if you and Paige could be trusted to go in the underworld without getting sidetracked it wouldn't be that big of a deal. But we all know that you two will only wind up in bed together at some point." Anna pointed out to him.
"Piper honestly my dad is sitting right here I don't think he wanted to hear that." Paige said sighing.
Anna scowled at her cousin "Listen up Chris Jr. I don't know how many times I have to tell you this for you to listen but don't call me Piper."
"I really wish that you both wouldn't start this right now we have things to do." Dan told his sister and cousin.
"I for one agree with Henry we really don't have time for any of you to fight right now." Shane backed his cousin.
"But Shane we wouldn't be Halliwells if we didn't fight and argue every chance we get." Sam protested.
"We wouldn't be Halliwells either if one of us didn't try to knock some sense into the rest of us. And I wake up every day thanking God that I'm not one of the reasonable Halliwells it doesn't look like a fun job if you ask me." Caleb chimed in he was his mother's son.
"Reasonable and Halliwell aren't words that should be used in the same sentence." Riley pointed out.
"Normal and Halliwell shouldn't be used in the same sentence either. But it does happen from time to time. I would know beings that I am one of the reasonable Halliwells." R.J. reported he was so Mel's son that it wasn't funny.
A shrill whistle pierced the room "Cut the idle chit chat children it is not helping at all." Henry yelled out.
"Spoken like a true reasonable Halliwell Uncle Hank." Cal said clapping his hands.
"Good God Cal shut your mouth for five fuckin seconds sometimes I swear you talk just because you like to hear the sound of your own voice." Sam bitched at her cousin. They were their mother and father made over.
Wyatt shook his head "You two stop fighting right now it isn't getting you anywhere." He ordered.
"Daddy they can't help but fight they are Aunt Prue and Uncle Jake made over." Nix informed her father.
"Yeah Nix because you and Shane are so much better." Dan chimed in rolling his eyes.
"Dan shut up I really don't feel like hearing you right now." Paige told her little brother.
Chris sighed and put his hands on his hips taking up an angry stance similar to his mother's "Paige Victoria and Henry Daniel Halliwell both of you shut your mouths. And don't open them again until I tell you to." Paige and Dan both looked down their dad had one hell of a temper when he was provoked.
"Good going you guys made Uncle Chris loose his temper." Nix taunted them not that Wyatt was much better when he lost his temper.
"Let me phrase it this way any grandchild of mine better not start in or you will have me to answer to." Piper ordered and that really got the job done.
Dom raised his hand slowly "I just want to ask a question. What the hell are we going to do?" he asked.
"If you can get your fiancé to control her runaway mouth we're getting ready to explain that right now." Chris replied.
"You guys really don't have to do this we can handle it." Mel said her and Chris still weren't on great terms with each other.
Jack stepped up "No you can't and that is why Al and I are going with you." he said looking down at the floor he should have done what he and Alan were about to do a lot sooner than now.
"Jack and I have something that we need to tell you." Alan chimed in backing up his cousin.
"Great where the hell are you guys going to send us this time? Back to Oz." Chuck asked them sarcastically.
"No we're not sending you anywhere that is why they are in the mess they are in with Ken now. We should have never sent you to Oz if we hadn't none of this would have never happened we messed up big time." Jack admitted.
"What is going on here you guys?" Huck asked more than a little confused.
Alan took a deep breath "We're going to tell you it has to do with what happened to Ro. Mel it's up to you but R.J. probably shouldn't hear this."
"R.J. why don't you take Riley and go in the kitchen for a minute. I'll come get you in a little bit." Mel said inclining her head towards the other room.
"But mom." R.J. started to protest.
"Roman James do what your mother said now take your cousin and go in the other room." Roman ordered him.
"Come on Riley lets go see if we can find something to eat. Damn stupid rules we can't ever do anything." R.J. grumbled as he and Riley made their way to the kitchen.
"He is such a lovely child I still say that he has to be Carly's I don't even act that bad." Mel shook her head at him after he had left.
"There is no way that he is mine it is just in addition to looking like you he acts like you." Carly disputed.
"Ignore those two God knows I do sometimes. Seriously what do you know this time guys?" Patty asked just wanting to be done with Ken.
"Ken was sent after Ro by the source we're still not really sure why he didn't just kill him. He was supposed to make it look like Ben the guy who wants the throne had it done. If you will remember Maria said that the knife he used was a regular Cobra's knife and not an Alpha's. well that would be why he was trying to make it look like a set up." Alan explained.
"Uh we found Ro in the source's dungeon. I know that we should have told you all this sooner but we had our reasons that we still can't explain. You will all understand soon enough." Jack said bowing his head.
Roman started pacing around the room like he was crazy he had been around the Halliwells entirely too long. He started to speak but he stopped long enough to touch his hand to his temple. He felt a migraine coming on and he didn't even get migraines. "So let me get this straight you guys have let me go crazy for four months trying to cope with what happened. You let me suffer through the flashbacks and you knew all along what was really going on. And now you just want me to willingly let my girlfriend go after a demon that was sent after the both of us by the source? Sorry B I know that you're not a demon but Ken sure as fuck is." He asked the hostility in his voice very apparent.
Mel put her hand in the center of his chest "Babe look at me." he ordered him and he slowly brought his blue eyes up to meet her brown eyes. "Calm down we will take care of this and it won't be an issue anymore. But you ranting and raving isn't going to help the only thing that is doing is wasting time. And you don't let me do anything I do what I have to just like you do."
"But Mel things just got a whole lot more dangerous." Roman protested.
Mel shook her head at him "Things are no more dangerous than they have always been we just didn't know it. Now we know and we can take the necessary precautions so nothing bad happens." Roman sank down on the couch behind him but he was much calmer.
"Mel is right this doesn't change anything we still have to go after him. The only problem is we really don't know how to find him he usually comes after us." Ricky piped up.
Anna looked thoughtful for a moment and then her eyes lit up the way Henry's did when he had an idea. "I know that look and I don't like that look. I have seen that look too many times before." Prue ranted shaking her head.
"What look are you talking about?" Henry asked his younger cousin.
"The look she has on her face now is the same one you got when you thought it would be a good idea to go after the source." Wyatt informed him agreeing with Prue.
"Anna what are you thinking?" Bianca asked her daughter.
"I was just thinking that if I were Ken I would be somewhere safe where I could protect myself. So he is most likely with the whole damn alpha clan." Anna explained her thought process.
"Damn it all to hell that complicates things a whole lot. It is going to make it harder to get close to him much less vanquish him." Dan grumbled.
"It wouldn't be that hard if we had someone who could go in and pretend to be one of them Danny." Paige pointed out to her little brother.
"Yeah but where the hell are we going to find someone who can do that?" Cal questioned his cousin he didn't even pretend to understand her thought process.
Paige looked from Cal to Sam and then to Anna she also cast a glance in Dom's direction. She stared at Anna for a second before the younger girl shook her head "Not only no but fuck no Paige that is crazy. There is no way I am trying to blend in with a whole group of alphas by myself." Anna protested.
"Oh come on Anna when is the last time I asked you to do something really dangerous?" Paige pleaded with her cousin.
"Just the other day Paige and when I told you no you got Vic to do it because the word no isn't in his vocabulary when it comes to you. I told you I'm not doing this by myself." Anna said putting her foot down.
"You wouldn't be alone though. Cal, Sam, and Dom would all be with you. Come on Pipe I'll owe you one if you do this for me." Paige begged her.
"No way in hell is my baby going to do that it is entirely too dangerous." Prue said she wasn't going to let Cal put himself in danger that way.
"I second that Sam is not going to do that." Lilly agreed with Prue.
Bianca shook her head "I have done some stupid things in my time. But even I am saying no to that. I am not going to let Anna risk herself like that. You guys don't seem to understand that these are just not the kind of people you mess with."
Henry took a deep breath "As much as I hate to say this B Paige is right there is no other way for them to do this."
Bianca looked at him with her eyes blazing "And you are just perfectly willing to let our daughter jeopardize her life?" she asked him like he was crazy.
"No I'm not but I don't see any other way this can be done because trust me if I could think of another way I would. I don't want her to be hurt over anything B earlier I held my breath until I knew she was going to be ok. But I just don't know what else to do." Henry argued with her.
"So you want her to end up like your wife?" Bianca kept on that was a low blow and Henry's face registered the shock of hearing those words come out of her mouth.
"Hell no B the last thing I want is for her to end up like her aunt. Neither one of us would be able to take it. I honestly don't know how you could accuse me of that." Henry flared back at her.
Anna ran her hands over her face her parents seriously had the tendency to get on her last nerve. "It's fine I'll do it like dad said there is no other way. Besides that I know how to be careful. And anyway Dom is practically my future brother-in-law it's not like he is going to let anything bad happen to me."
"Yeah Aunt B no worries Paige would never forgive me if I let anything bad happen to Anna." Dom chimed in giving her a charming smile that made him look exactly like Cole.
"Now that, that is settled is it safe for me and R.J. to come back in the room?" Riley asked from the doorway. His mouth was full of the potato chips he was eating.
"Were you raised in a barn by wild animals?" Piper asked her future nephew regarding his lack of manners.
"Aunt Piper those are my parenting skills you are insulting." Patty protested.
"And mine for that matter. Samuel don't talk with your mouth full." Ricky chastised his son.
"I don't have time to waste using my manners right now. There are demons out there that need to be killed." Riley replied like what his aunt and father said hadn't bothered him.
"Riley you, R.J., and Dan aren't going." Chris put his foot down on the matter.
"Dad while I'm inclined to agree with you about the munchkins Dan has to go I need him." Paige objected.
"Paige never ever mention munchkins or the Wizard of Oz in front of us ever again." Jake told his niece who only rolled her eyes at him
"Fine Dan can go but Riley and R.J. are staying here with Penny and Em all four of them are too young to go. And I've made my mind up so don't try arguing with me." Chris relented.
"Fine I just can't promise that I won't teach those two boys new and exciting ways to sneak out of the house." Penny grumbled crossing her arms over her chest.
"Penny I will kill you if you teach my son how to sneak out of the house I'm pretty sure he can get in enough trouble on his own without any help from you." Mel warned her baby cousin.
"Ok ruin Penny's fun but you won't stop me from teaching my nephews how to successfully skip school." Emily interjected.
"Do what you must it can't be any worse than his horrible manners I don't care as long as he is safe." Patty said shaking her head she knew better than to argue with the two juvenile delinquents of her group.
"You know what this is R.J.?" Riley asked his cousin.
"Bullshit pure and simple of course Ry. It could be nothing else." R.J. answered.
"I always knew that you could read my mind without using your powers." Riley smiled at him. They were as bad together as Mel and Patty ever dared to be.
"Charlie, Mel I hate to break this to you but those are without a doubt your sons they can finish each others sentences." Ricky said shaking his head.
"Yeah I know and we can discuss that later. But right now I think I would really like to hear this genius plan my niece has. I'm scared she is her father made over so this might end badly." Mel said directing her comment at Paige.
"Don't worry about it Aunt Mel you don't have to do any of the dirty work that is what my fiancé is for he doesn't mind. All you have to do is show up and toss your potion end of story. Really I hope that Anna is wrong about him being with a bunch of other bad guys. It would be perfect if we could make this a sneak attack." Paige replied she was so much like Chris that it wasn't funny. She even thought the way her dad did.
"I hope I'm wrong too but I'm telling you right now I don't think that I am." Anna retorted she loved Paige just like a sister but she just didn't know when to quit sometimes.
"Just be careful guys I don't think I have to tell you that we wouldn't be able to live with ourselves if anything happened to any one of you." Calleigh cautioned them.
"Oh please Cal nothing can touch these guns I've got it covered." Huck said kissing one of his biceps. It wasn't hard to see the attraction that he and Val had for each other. They were just alike.
"This coming from the guy who managed to get taken hostage by a demon." Parker snorted.
"Enough they have things to do and we have things to do I suggest we get to them." Troy said he just wanted to be alone with Val. All the sneaking around to see each other was getting old fast.
"Ok everyone grab your potions because tonight we dine in hell." Liz said she was just full of observations today.
"Mom I really hate to say this but we so need to monitor what you watch on TV." Nix said shaking her head.
"Come on Phoebe knock it off you really don't want to piss mom off any more than I want you to." Shane pleaded with his sister.
Brady hearted in at that moment "Uh I hope you guys are ready to get this show on the road. I found the demon and if you want to vanquish him you better move fast."
"Brady don't think that you can just waltz in here from the future and start giving orders it doesn't work that way." Prue informed him her hands on her hips she would have given him even more hell had she known her little brother was talking to her like that.
"Prue I'm not trying to give orders I'm just telling you if you want to find this demon without a lot of trouble now would be the time to do that." Brady explained patiently to his oldest sister.
"I really, really like you Brady I was serious earlier about adopting you as my little brother. Any one who can give Prue hell like that is alright in my book." Jake said. Chris and Henry rolled their eyes at him the moron was too blind to see that Brady was his little brother.
"Uncle Jake that is really messed up Brady is older than you right now." Dom pointed out it wasn't what he was going to say but an elbow in the ribs from Paige had stopped from outing Brady as a Halliwell.
"As I live and breathe Dominic Turner is actually sitting in one place without looking over his shoulder for bounty hunters." Brady sighed in a dramatic fashion growing up with three older sisters hadn't helped his case any.
"Shut up Phil you've been hanging around Vic too much again you're starting to sound like a Halliwell." Dom cracked and Paige elbowed him in the ribs again. "I was just saying it's not like I have any room to talk. Aunt Piper tells me all the time that I might as well have been born a Halliwell for the way I act."
"Ok well all playing around aside I think we should do what Brady says and go after this demon before we have to track his ass all over the underworld and that is just not my idea of a good time." Liz said and then she turned to Nix. "Nixie take care of your brother don't let him do anything to get himself hurt." She ordered her daughter.
"You don't have to worry about Shane getting hurt mom I won't let anything happen to him. I rather have the pleasure of killing him myself." Nix replied.
"Anna please be extra careful you and I will both be in the dog house if anything happens to you." Henry pleaded with his daughter.
"No worries daddy I'll be fine really it's the demons you should be worried about." Anna retorted.
"Anna just do as your dad asks I know that I couldn't stand it if anything happened to you." Bianca hugged her and kissed her on the cheek.
"Mom you don't need to worry about me any demon that wants to get to me will have to go through Dom and Cal first." Anna fought the urge to roll her eyes.
"Paige don't be stupid and keep an eye on Danny." Chris hugged both his children.
"Daddy you know that anyone who wants to do anything to him has to answer to me." Paige assured him.
"Dad I don't need my big sister to protect me I'll be fine my best buddy Shane is here to back me up." Dan rolled his eyes at his father.
"Shane listen to your aunts they might not seem like it but they do know what they are doing." Wyatt lectured his son wrapping an arm around his shoulders.
"Dad I always listen to my aunts mostly because they will be super pissed if I don't." Shane laughed but it was true.
"Baby I am begging you be careful you may be part demon but that doesn't make you invincible." Prue said smothering Cal's face with kisses.
"Dude you know your mom as well as I do I would listen if I were you." Chuck advised his son.
"Heard and dully noted there will be nothing to worry about this douche won't know what hit him." Cal said giving him a cocky grin like one Coop would give.
"Sam pay attention to what you are doing and worry less about arguing with your cousin." Lilly told her daughter who was the female version of Jake.
Jake pressed a quick kiss to the top of her head "Sam I love you and I know that you are always right and Cal is just dead wrong but give him a break for a little while."
"Fine you ruin all my good fun but I'll do as you ask daddy." Sam said leaning into him. She would be glad when he was good again she missed being close to him.
Mel went to R.J. and wrapped her arms around him "Be good for your grandma and grandpa while I'm gone you know that she won't put up with anything from you. I love you sweet boy."
Roman kissed his girlfriend and his son "R.J. under no circumstances do you listen to anything your Aunt Emily or your Aunt Penny tells you. It will only get you in trouble later. I love you son."
"I love you guys too don't worry I'll be as good as gold. Riley and I will find some way to occupy ourselves." R.J. assured them not that, that was a comforting thought.
Ricky ruffled his son's hair "Riley just try not to be a little hellion Aunt Piper will kill you dead."
"Be good brat I want you to still be in one piece when I get back or it will be your ass." Patty told him.
"It's always my ass it doesn't even have to be my fault. But I'll try my best to behave myself. " Riley gave a cheesy grin.
"All of you be careful anyone who comes back with so much as a scratch is going to have Piper unleashed on them." Henry Sr. warned them all.
They all mumbled or nodded their heads before they teleported out using their various means of transportation.
"Ok so the first rule of successfully skipping class is this always keep your lies short, simple, and to the point." Emily advised her nephews.
"Emily Grace Bradford your dad will kill you." Phoebe said shaking her head.
"Ry I think that it would be in our best interests to find some way to occupy ourselves. You know as well as I do that our mothers will kill us if we get into any trouble." R.J. pointed out.
"But that still doesn't stop us it's too bad L.J. isn't around we could really work our magic." Riley said making his eyebrows dance.
"Don't wish that on me all I need is my idiot brother here dude you both drive me insane. I swear with you two I know how Uncle Hank feels being in between Uncle Chris and Aunt Prue. You both get me in more trouble than you are worth." R.J. shook his head.
"L.J. would stand for what?" Leo asked.
"Don 't tell Paige I told you but it stands for Leo Jr. grandpa and don't tell mom either for that matter it will save me a lot of trouble." R.J. answered his grandfather.
"Are you boys hungry?" Piper asked she needed to keep her hands busy all four of her babies were out putting themselves in danger.
"Aunt Piper I'm a teenage boy I'm always hungry." Riley said looking at his aunt like she was crazy.
"Grandma my dad is a chef and my mom cooks when she gets pissed at dad which is quite often. So I can pretty much eat any time of day no matter what." R.J. agreed as Piper led them to the kitchen.
"Brady you have got to be fucking kidding me." Prue said when she looked around the old abandoned warehouse that they were in.
"It's not my fault that this is where demons hang out Prue trust me if I had anything to say about it we wouldn't be here right now." Brady shot back and then he put his finger to his lips in a signal that she should shut her mouth. He was the only one of Prue's two brothers that dared to talk back to her.
"Demons criminals it doesn't matter for some reason they are all big fans of abandoned buildings. I'm seriously having bad flashbacks right now the last time I was really in one of these places I got shot." Henry mused to no one in particular. He might as well have been talking to himself anyway because no one answered him.
"Hen if you're not getting shot with something Chris is." Wyatt remarked in passing after a moment.
Chris rolled his green eyes at his brother he was too overprotective for his own good and he had even admitted that much to him earlier. "Keep your eyes peeled because with a little bit of luck we can toss the potion get Uncle Coop's ring back and then be out of here without anyone having to do hand to hand combat." That was his divine hope anyway. He was too worried about his sister and his future children to be of any use.
"Raise your hand if you are sick of hearing those words come out of his mouth." Lilly said raising both her hands that was all Chris ever said on a demon hunt with a little bit of luck.
"Lilly now is not the time for you to decide to be a smart ass." Bianca said harshly so the younger woman would know that she meant business.
"Wy you're almost a doctor. How long will the procedure to surgically remove the stick from B's ass take?" Troy asked his friend had been one more moody bitch for the better part of a month. At first he had chalked it up to her being on her period but there was no way that could last that long.
"It all depends on how far it is shoved up there and from the way she has been acting it is pretty far so it could take awhile." Wyatt replied he didn't care that the woman in question was glaring at him now. He was sick of her being a bitch too.
"It could take a lot longer than that if Dr. Halliwell is the one to operate at least get Aunt Eva to do it. She has more experience." Chuck added he was only digging a deeper hole for all of them.
Roman shook his head "No mom could recommend a good surgeon though she has a stick up her ass to. I can't believe I'm about to say this about my own mother but she acts better when she's with Uncle Derek at least she is getting some then."
"If anybody wants my opinion that is B's problem she needs to get laid. Henry get to work on that so we can all stand to be around her again." Parker chimed in if everyone else was going to have their say then so was he.
"None of you people have ever heard of personal space I can't believe we are having this conversation and furthermore I can't believe we are having this conversation while demon hunting. And here I thought things were bad when we were spying on Wyatt and Liz." Calleigh shook her head.
"You know what the hell. I wouldn't mind getting laid it might improve my mood. So what do you say Brady?" Bianca asked she gave as good as she got.
Brady did a full body shake "No thank you B I will have to pass."
"Oh my word I think I might faint Bianca Lyn Hoyt just actually joked." Prue said putting her hand over her heart.
Chris shook his head in resignation "That is enough out of all of you and I mean now. It is a small miracle that the demon hasn't heard us coming and attacked yet."
"It's not for lack of trying that is for sure." Henry mumbled to himself.
Chuck's body stiffened and he halted in his tracks as he passed a room his demonic radar was going off like crazy. "He might not have found us but I just found him." He whispered.
Jake stopped and tuned into to his demonic senses too "Oh yeah our guy is without a doubt in this room." He replied.
Chris looked at Henry and made a motion with his fingers that told him to freeze the room. Henry flicked out his fingers and froze the room and it's occupant. Prue walked over to the demon and took her dad's ring off his finger "I will be taking that thank you very much." She said in a huffy tone.
Jake took the potion out of his pocket for once in his life he was actually carrying a potion. He threw it at the demon's feet and watched as it dissolved into a puddle of black goo. "That is for thinking you can mess with my dad you fucker." He spat out.
"Please tell me this means we can go now." Lilly pleaded she had taken up Prue's normal spot as the whiner.
"Yes we can go get the fuck out of dodge now. I don't want to stick around here like I said it brings up bad memories." Henry answered in the affirmative.
"Lets go get some food I'm starving and it is better than sitting around the manor worrying." Chuck suggested it always came back to food with him.
Prue wrapped her arms around his neck she forgot that she was mad at him for calling her Prudence. "Come on guys lets go feed the two bottomless pits I call my brother and my boyfriend. I wouldn't want either one of them to starve to death."
"Neither would we and for some reason I can't imagine has anything to do with me not having anything to eat since breakfast I am starving." Wyatt agreed readily.
"Oh Wuvey Bear you are just as bad as Chuck and Jake you turn into a crab ass if we disrupt your eating schedule." Liz said letting Wyatt put his arms around her waist.
"Damn right you come between a man and his food at your own peril. I'm hungry too if I don't eat soon not only will I die of starvation but I will be a crab ass and B seems to have that spot sewn up right now so there is no room for me." Parker added. Calleigh smacked her secret boyfriend on the back of his head to silence him.
I can't believe that once again I have let Paige talk me into something so stupid. But then again that is what I get for not being able to tell my cousin no. I want to tell her no I really do the word is right there on the tip of my tongue but I can never say it. Because stupid she could talk someone who worshiped the devil into buying a bible. You have got to keep that in mind girl. Mom didn't help matters either though all she had to say was no to get the word yes to come out of my mouth. Anna thought to herself actually she was rambling to herself. It was a hazard of Henry being her dad and Paige being her grandmother.
Her rambling was a direct result of the situation she found herself in now because of her cousin who was one smooth talker when she needed to be. She was staring face to face with five of the meanest looking demons she had ever saw in her entire life. No they're witches not demons. Mom would kill me if she heard me say that. She corrected herself mentally. Oh yeah the rambling got so much worse when she was stressed. She was going to have to work on it not that it would ever improve any.
"Oh fuck it." Anna said out loud before she conjured an atheme and plunged it into the nearest Phoenix's chest. "Ha I might not be able to kill you the way I would a demon but that still felt damn good."
Dom ran a hand over his face and sighed "Oriana please concentrate." He begged her. He conjured two fireballs and did away with two of the demons.
"Always with the hand to hand combat I'm so sick of it." Sam bitched as she fought with a phoenix before sinking her blade into his heart.
"Well maybe if your father hadn't decided to go crazy and turn our future into a hell hole we wouldn't have to do this all the time." Caleb suggested he just conjured an energy ball and killed the other phoenix.
They heard applause behind them and they turned to see Ken standing there with a very smug look on his face. "Very well played children. Those were some of the most powerful alphas around."
"Yeah well we're Halliwells that makes us the most power witches around." Anna said getting up in his face.
"Oriana I am begging you back off." Dom said again Paige would kill him if he let anything happen to her.
"That is a very interesting name Oriana I do believe that there was another Phoenix by that name once it is a damn shame what happened to her though." Ken said shaking his head in mock sorrow.
Dom heaved a deep sigh this was not going to go well. There were two places you didn't go with Anna you didn't ever suggest that she was anything like Bianca and you didn't bring up her father's dead wife who also happened to be her aunt. "Piper let it go." He cautioned her.
The vein in Anna's neck started to stick out just like her dad's did when he got pissed. "I don't think you want to go there with me." she warned Ken.
"It seems that I struck a nerve with you. I guess with you being a Halliwell she must have been your aunt and that would make Bianca your mother. I wonder how she would react to losing her little girl the same way she lost her sister." Ken sneered.
"You touch my cousin over my dead body." Caleb said stepping up he didn't quite grasp that antagonizing demons wasn't a smart thing to do. But he had it bad from both ends he had got a very explosive combination of the Halliwell and Bradford tempers.
"The only thing I like less than half demons are demons that are part witch and from the stench coming off of you part cupid apparently." Ken said in disgust.
"Now you're going to die slowly no one talks about my mother like that." Cal said forming an energy ball in his hand. He threw it but it had little effect on Ken.
"Oh great going Cal now you pissed him off." Sam said rolling her eyes.
"Ah and now the gypsy has been heard from." Ken said he was trying to drive them over the edge.
Sam saw red "I know that you didn't just say something about my mom because that is what it sounded like to me." she formed a fireball it did little more damage than Cal's energy ball. The Halliwell children from any time needed to work on their temper it was going to get them in serious trouble one day.
"Paige any time would be great." Dom called out to his fiancé. He waited for a second he should have known she wasn't going to come right away Paige Halliwell did things on her own time. "Paige your cousins and I are about to get slaughtered here." he tried appealing to her sense of family as he lobbed a fireball at Ken. But she still didn't come and he was getting pissed off. "Paige Victoria Halliwell get your ass here now." he knew he was going to pay for that later but it couldn't be helped.
Paige orbed in with Dan along with Mel and the others. "Dominic Halliwell Turner I was coming as fast as I could. Don't you ever yell at me like that again." She seethed at him he knew better than to talk to her like that.
Dan laughed at his sister and her boyfriend "Paige worry about killing Dom later and lets focus more on killing this clown."
"Your choice this time damn medium rare or well done?" Paige asked her brother turning to face Ken.
Dan stroked his chin for a second pretending to think about it "You know me Paige I can't stand to see any blood in my food. I say we go for well done."
"You know there are so many places I could go with that comment you just made but I won't. Lets just do this well done it is." Paige replied and she let loose a surge of elder bolts on Ken followed a second later by Dan.
"Aunt Mel any time you are ready this kinda takes a lot out of us." Dan said sweat breaking out on his forehead.
Mel took the potion from her pocket "Oh I'm more than ready but I just have to do this one thing first." She walked to Ken and punched him in the face "That is for what you did to my boyfriend you bastard." She reared back her left arm and threw the potion at him full force causing the vial to break in the center of his chest. She had a strong arm she did play left field after all. "And that was for me." she smiled as she watched him be enveloped by flames. And then she spit on the ashes left in the floor.
"Melinda Paige Halliwell that was so unladylike." Carly chastised her.
Mel arched an eyebrow at Carly "Leigh you don't know the first thing about being ladylike."
Dominic walked over to the pile of ashes and began chanting something in Latin "That should take care of anyone wanting to bring him back. I know it seems like overkill but I wanted to be sure." He explained when he saw the weird looks he was getting.
"I am so glad that is over." Huck said and he hadn't even been around for the worst of it. He had only gotten the honor of seeing a completely bat shit crazy Mel as a result of everything that had happened.
"Not half as glad as I am Huck." Ricky replied.
"I second, third, and fourth that motion boys." Val agreed with them.
"How you doing Mel?" Patty asked slipping an arm around her cousin.
Mel took a ragged breath and gave her younger cousin a small smile "Better I'm doing a whole lot better. Now even I actually believe that I'm fine and everything is going to be ok. Because let me tell you I haven't even been close to fine in months." She said as tears slipped down her cheeks. "I was so horrible to Chris earlier he is never going to forgive me I told him I hated him." Her body shook with sobs.
"Sweetie you're not the first sister to tell her brother that she hates him. And you won't be the last. Carly has been known to use that phrase with Henry on a regular basis and he always forgives her. You and Chris are very close I'm sure that he is more hurt than he is mad. He may be a Halliwell but it wasn't his temper you inflamed when you said that it was his tender heart. You know what they all say, me, you, Chris, and Hank are the four sweetest Halliwells we have very tender loving hearts that get hurt easily." Patty assured her cousin.
Dan went to his aunt and wrapped her in a big bear hug "Cheer up Aunt Lyn dad could never stay mad at you. As a matter of fact I have been told that Paige and I are a lot like you two. We don't fight often but when we do it is pretty epic but we always make up."
"You are your daddy made over I want you to know that." Mel said kissing his cheek.
"I hate to break up this hallmark moment because I am really enjoying it but I don't think we want to be here when the rest of the clan gets back. So I suggest we get the hell out of here." Dom said it was a pretty good idea.
Paige sighed and shook her head "I can't believe I am getting married to a coward. Come on chicken little shimmer me back to the manor I feel too tired to orb right now." she said wrapping her arms around his neck.
Dom leaned in and kissed her "Your wish is my command pretty lady I have missed you more than you will ever know."
"I missed you too." Paige replied kissing him again as he shimmered them out.
"Oh I will give ten to one odds that they just shimmered off somewhere to have hot kinky sex and no one will hear from them for another two hours at the least." Cal wagered he was too much like Prue for his own good.
Dan gagged "Ew that is my sister we are talking about."
"As sick as it is I am going to have to take that bet they haven't seen each other in about two months. They are going to be gone at least four hours." Sam took her cousin's bet.
Jack and Alan orbed in at that moment they had been waiting around on standby Mel had begged them to let her handle it her way and call if she needed help. "Well I take it that he is gone." Jack looked at his sister and saw the smile she couldn't wipe off her face.
"He is gone and he should stay that way. Mr. Turner kindly broke out the Latin before he shimmered off into the great unknown with my older cousin. Where they will more than likely be making up for lost time. That is after he gets done apologizing for yelling at her." Anna informed her two uncles.
"Oh don't even go there Piper Oriana we all know what those two can be like we have all spent nights in the room next to theirs. And let me tell you something it is not easy trying to sleep when they are going at it for hours on end." Alan said he just didn't want to think about it.
"Mel we are absolutely positive that she isn't your daughter? We all know what Liz says about you and Ro." Val smirked at her.
"Shut up Val. I grow bored of this favorite nephew orb me home." Mel said dramatically to Dan.
Dan smirked at Caleb "I told you." he said before giving Mel his hand "Whatever you want Aunt Mel."
"I say the rest of us should get out of here too I really don't want to be here when his friends get back home they are not going to be happy." Patty said giving her boyfriend her hand.
"Yeah we are so out of here. Sam you and Cal better come along too your mom and dad would never forgive me if I left you on the mercy of the world." Val sighed her brother and sister would kill her for leaving their babies behind.
"Anything for you Aunt Val you know you are totally the cool aunt." Cal said boosting her ego.
"And what does that make me?" Carly asked.
"You're the other cool aunt, Aunt Carly. Without you none of us would know how to successfully sneak back in the house." Sam supplied.
"Me I prefer Aunt Charlie and Aunt Mel I get into a lot less trouble hanging around them." Anna said with a straight face.
"Oh Anna you would you are one of those reasonable Halliwells we were talking about earlier." Carly replied.
"It is a rough job but someone has to keep my brother and Paige from getting themselves killed. Trust me when I say I know how the hell dad feels being in between Aunt Prue and Uncle Chris." Anna retorted.
"It might be similar to the way Mel feels when she has to try to control me and Val." Carly pointed out.
"We are so a couple of badasses no one can control us not even if they wanted to." Val said very pleased with herself.
"So how bout it Halliwell are you and I still on for Tuesday?" Huck asked her his eyebrows dancing.
"Why I don't know yet Huck that all depends on what Tuesday brings. I might be in the mood then and I might not we will just have to see. But as of right now things are looking pretty good for you." Val replied not even taking into account that she had Troy sex was sex to her it didn't really matter if she had a boyfriend or not she was not going to pass up the chance to get her some.
"That is too wrong for me to even think about lets get out of here now. I am going to have to poke my mind's eye out. I have bad mental pictures of Aunt Val with Uncle Puck and Paige with Dom it's too much for me to handle right now." Anna shook her head her family had no sense of personal issues.
"Oh my God I think I'm seriously dying and here I thought only grandma's cooking could kill me. I was very, very wrong." Riley said grabbing his sides and groaning in pain he had eaten too much.
"I told you not to eat that last piece of pie man. It serves your stupid ass right. Besides the only way Aunt Paige's cooking will kill you is if you actually are dumb enough to eat it after it has sat for a while. Normally it only induces food poisoning." R.J. pointed out to his cousin.
"I resent that I can cook." Paige said looking at her nephew and grandson indignantly.
"Yeah and I can boil water without instructions. Which everyone knows is not true much to my mom and dad's dismay they can both cook but their precious little boy can't it is quite embarrassing for them." R.J. replied he was so full of it.
"Thank God I don't have grandchildren." Cole said laughing at those two.
"Not yet but you will Uncle Cole. With the way Paige and Dom screw on every flat surface. I like to refer to them as the rabbits sometimes known as Paige and Dom." Riley chimed in.
"I don't know who you are trying to kid Paige and Dom screw on surfaces that aren't flat. I don't think I need to remind you of that one time we accidently walked in on them." R.J. said like it was no big deal.
"Two names come to mind when they say things like that." Emily said.
"Melinda and Roman." Penny replied simply.
"No that is too much for me stop right there. I don't want to hear about my mom and dad knocking boots that is sick. I still can't get my dad's fucked up version of the sex talk out of my head. He described childbirth in every gory detail." R.J. shook his head to get rid of unwanted thoughts.
Leo put his head in his hands and groaned "I give up between Carly and Val and now dumb and dumber. I can't take it any more. Paige I blame this on you if you could edit yourself in front of the kids this wouldn't be a problem."
Phoebe couldn't help but laugh "I'm sorry Riley did you just call your cousin and her boyfriend rabbits?" she asked it was such a Paige comment to make.
"Why yes I did that is what they remind me of." Riley went on undaunted knowing the minute his mother was in sight he wouldn't be saying things like that.
"Kinda reminds you of Phoebe and Coop." Paige forgot that Penny was in the room.
"Aunt Paige there are things I don't need to hear about and that is one of them. It's almost as bad as Em's obsession with Hank. I just don't want to know." Penny said throwing her hands up.
"First of all I told he may have the body of a Greek god but I'm so over him. I have moved on it was just a little crush." Emily defended herself.
"And he is practically your cousin so that is like incest." Penny rolled her eyes.
"That never stopped Val and Carly from drooling over Chuck." Emily shot back.
"I'm telling you Em it is something about them being half demon that does it. At least Chuck doesn't still live at home. I can't bring anyone over to the condo because Jake doesn't understand the concept of wearing a shirt." Penny bitched on her usual rant.
"They seriously have a point. Women do not throw themselves at us the way they do Cal, Vic, or Trip for that matter. We aren't dangerous enough honestly the most exciting thing we got going for us is the gypsy." Riley groaned.
"I may be having a Phoebe moment right now but you are both half gypsy?" Prue asked.
"Ok Aunt Prue Ry and I are first cousins our dad's are brothers. I'm technically only a fourth gypsy because my dad is half witch. Riley is some messed up combination of gypsy, whitelighter and witch. I can't do that math in my head I am my mother's son when it comes to numbers like that." R.J. explained.
"Prue is right I'm still not following you guys." Phoebe chimed in.
Henry shook his head "Ok I'll explain it so listen carefully. Roman and Ricky are brothers R.J. is Roman's and Riley is my grandson making him Ricky's son. Roman is half witch half gypsy and Mel is a full witch. So therefore R.J. is three-fourths witch and a fourth gypsy. And for the sake of this demonstration we'll say that Ricky is the same it makes it easier. Now here is where it gets complicated R.J., Riley, Sam, and Cal are all first cousins."
"Now you lost me Henry." Andy said.
"Someone help me out here." Henry begged.
Cole raised his hand to say he had it under control "Prue and Jake are brother and sister so Cal and Sam are first cousins. Lilly and Roman are twins so that makes R.J., Riley, and Sam first cousins. Chuck and Ricky are brothers so then R.J., Riley, Cal, and Sam are all first cousins."
"As confusing as it sounds he is right." Coop said nothing could ever be simple with those damn Halliwells.
"I'm sorry but I just don't get how Lilly's kids and Chuck's kids can be first cousins." Emily said she was so blonde sometimes.
"Because Aunt Em for the love of God Uncle Chuck is your half brother he married Aunt Prue. Uncle Jake married Aunt Lilly. Any kids that Aunt Prue and Uncle Jake have are going to be first cousins." Riley said putting it as simple as possible.
"Oh I get it now." Phoebe said smacking herself in the center of the forehead.
"I don't know if I should complicate things for you seeing as you figured that out. But R.J., Shane, Paige, Dan, and Nix are all first cousins too." Mel said orbing in with Dan. Phoebe looked confused again.
"Because Mel, Chris, and Wyatt are siblings." Leo explained.
"Which is why Riley, Anna, and Vic are all first cousins too." Dan added.
"I still say it all sounds like incest to me." Penny said not coming off her point.
"It's not though it only sounds like it. Now keep up Charlie technically ends up as my sister-in-law because we marry brothers. Now the same can be said for Prue and I and for Prue and Charlie. Jake winds up as my brother-in-law and Charlie's. Where you are getting confused is you're trying mess with that half brother and sister bullshit. Let put it this way R.J. what do you call Chuck?" Mel went on.
"Uncle Chuck dad says he is the big brother he never had." R.J. answered like his mom was crazy.
"There you go mystery figured out now stop hurting your brains." Mel said sighing.
"Mel you calling the Jerry Springer Show or am I?" Patty asked Mel had been so busy explaining that she hadn't heard the others orb in.
"I think that we will give Carly that honor you know her and Val will get a kick out of it." Mel replied.
"So what about Ken?" Piper asked before they could get off track again.
"He's gone Dom even did his Latin voodoo on him." Sam answered for them.
"Where is my son?" Cole asked noticing that he was absent.
"Uncle Cole the rabbits that I sometimes like to call Paige and Dom are more than likely off having hot kinky sex." Cal said not thinking anything about it.
"Shut your mouth Cal you are so the male version of my sister." Val said shaking her head at him.
"Oh please tell me that the phrase hot kinky sex didn't leave his mouth?" Chris and the rest of the thirteen had orbed in just in time to hear that. "Prudence Elizabeth Halliwell this is your fault I told you about using that phrase when you were trying to get Wyatt and Liz together."
"Christopher Perry Halliwell don't yell at me like you have lost your mind. It's not my fault your little angel ran off with her half demon fiancé. Her Uncle Wyatt and Aunt Liz must have given her lessons." Prue shot back.
"Drop that subject before Leo has a heart attack and Chris kills Dom on sight. Now who has my ring?" Coop asked.
"Here you go daddy." Prue said sweetly.
"Danny you know that we should go before my brother has a mild stroke he is probably driving everyone crazy. Not to mention I really don't want to mess with my dad's temper." Anna told her younger cousin.
"What about Paige and Dom?" Nix asked.
"Vic is really gonna stroke out along with dad and Uncle Cole. Paige and Dom are staying for a while to make sure Jack and Al stay on track." Danny said.
"Alright then we are getting this circus on the road Hank is tired and he wants to go to bed." Hank said talking about himself in third person.
They got all the kids sent home ok with the exception of Paige and Dom who didn't show up until hours after they had gone. It was pretty much settled that they would stay at the manor for as long as they were there. Things around the Halliwells were going to get a whole lot more interesting that was for sure.
After they all had gone Piper and Paige laid into Jack and Alan. "Jackson Samuel Halliwell. Explain to me what the hell you were thinking." Piper ordered him. Jack cringed he had known it was coming but that didn't soften the blow any.
"Look we just had our reasons that we still can't explain to you. Al and I made a mistake and we know we did. It's not something that we are likely to forget any time soon hell our own niece doesn't trust us to do our job right anymore." Jack admitted.
"We should have just let her and Vic come the way they wanted to this would have never happened had we not sent the older guys to Oz." Alan agreed.
Paige shook her head at her son and nephew "No this isn't even about that. We understand why you did that you didn't want them to get hurt. This is about you both lying to us about what happened to Roman. You were asked time and time again about what really happened and you lied to us every single time." She was normally the calmer one out of her sisters but they had crossed a line by lying to them.
"I know that you both don't want to hear this but we couldn't tell you because of future consequences." Jack explained.
Piper scowled at him "I am going to kill Chris for ever teaching you that phrase. You both knowingly let your sisters and cousins go after a demon who was the source's personal assassin. You didn't stop to think that one of them could get hurt or worse."
"We didn't let them do anything we were busy when Ken decided to make his move on Mel. Trust me if we could have stopped that we would have Mel has been crazy for the last few months and we are sorry as hell I don't know what more to say about it." Alan said hanging his head in shame. They were in the wrong and they both knew it. They deserved to have their mothers pissed at them.
"What we are saying is you two can punish us in any way you see fit and we won't argue with you about it. We were dead wrong this time no matter what our reasoning was. I wouldn't do anything to hurt any of those girls least of all Mel. As much as I love my brothers I love my sister that much more." Jack sighed he had brought this all on himself and he knew it.
Paige softened a little she felt them tug at her heart with what they were saying but it still didn't change the fact that they had been wrong. "I don't know what to say to that I can see your point really I can. But it doesn't change the fact that you lied to us for months."
Piper however wasn't so easily swayed Jack was her baby but Mel was her baby girl. She hadn't thought that she would have any more after Mel so she had a special place in her heart. "What would have you guys done if Ken had really done something worse to Mel? Because we all know how this family fares against demonic assassins. I know that you were both were born with brains I don't know why you refuse to use them." She was really on a roll.
Paige knew that her sister wasn't likely to let up on them any time soon so she made a split second decision. "Jack, Alan you're both grounded now go to your Aunt Prue's house so I can think about all that entails." She ordered them and they orbed out with their heads bowed.
Mel raised her hand to knock on her brother's apartment door before she lowered it again. She had a war raging inside of her on one hand she wanted to knock but she didn't want to because she was afraid that he wouldn't want to see her. She didn't blame him one little bit if he didn't she had been horrible to him. She never thought she would have told him she hated him. "Come on Mel show a little back bone this is Chris we're talking about he isn't going to tell you to go away." She coached herself.
She knocked on the door before she could change her mind and get back in her car and go home. Wyatt opened the door with a smile on his face "Hey Mel what are you doing here?" he asked even though he had a pretty good idea of what she was doing there.
"I need to see Chris Wy." Mel answered her oldest brother.
Wyatt opened the door wider to allow her entry "Come on in though I warn you this isn't a pretty sight. Hen and Prue are locked in a heated battle over the playstation your oldest female cousin cheats."
Mel gave him a little laugh "That is nothing new you guys are going to kill each other over that game one day."
"No there will be no bloodshed in my living room because I will only kill whoever is responsible for it." Chris said he was as anal as his mother ever dared to be.
"Hey Chris can we talk?" Mel asked him hopefully.
"That all depends are we going to talk or are you going to hit me again?" Chris asked.
Mel put her hands in her pockets she had forgot about that little detail. "I swear I will keep my hands to myself."
Chris wrapped his arm around her shoulder and led her back to his room. He sat her down on his bed. "Ok what do you want to talk about?" he asked knowing what she wanted to talk about.
"Chrissy I'm so sorry for the things I said to you earlier I didn't mean any of it. You are the best big brother ever I don't hate you." Mel said and she felt tears begin to trickle down her face.
Chris was at her side in an instant he held her close to him and let her cry. "Shh it's ok Lyn I know that you didn't mean it. But that doesn't mean some of what you said isn't true. We did get lazy we should have never stopped looking into what happened to Ro. God knows if I had known what he was going to do to you I would have gotten rid of him myself even if it killed me."
"I know Chris and it's not your fault I was being a bitch. I just don't cope well with being scared." Mel admitted trying to stop the flow of tears.
Chris kneeled down in front of her and put his hands on her knees "Mel I should have never called you a bitch that was my hurt feelings talking." He was so sorry that he had ever said anything like that to her.
"Chris I understand really I do I never meant to hurt your feelings." Mel replied she knew that she had been pretty hard to handle.
Chris shook his head at her and then he looked up at her with tears shining in his eyes. "No Lyn you don't understand I was scared that I was going to lose you with the way you were acting. Let me tell you something I would kill for Wyatt or any of the cousins. But there are only two people in this world I would die for that is you and Hank. Don't you ever forget that." He didn't yet know that in another life time he had died for Wyatt.
"I love you so much Peanut." Mel said kissing her brother on the head.
"I love you too baby girl." Chris replied hugging her again. They sat there in silence with his arms wrapped around her for a moment before they heard noises outside his door.
"Shut up Wy you are worse at this than Prue is. The whole idea behind spying on someone is not to let them know you're there." Liz said in a harsh whisper.
"All of you shut up before you get us caught again." Parker stressed the things he got talked into didn't even surprise him anymore.
Chris looked at Mel and rolled his eyes "I'll hold blondie down and you can hit him. I swear this people have no sense of personal space.'
"I don't need you to hold him down I'll just blow his ass up." Mel replied giving him a grin that made his heart melt. His baby sister was probably the most important thing in the world to him.
Chris opened his bedroom door Prue, Lilly, and Liz all came tumbling in. they had been pressed up against the door listening. "Something tells me I should have known you three were the ringleaders. I might as well just take the door off the hinges then you won't have to trouble yourselves like this."
"Could you really Peanut?" Prue asked smiling up at him.
"No not really Ladybug." Chris said she was such a pain in the ass sometimes.
"What exactly were you guys trying to do?" Mel asked not that she didn't have a really good idea what they were trying to do.
"We had to make sure that you guys made nice with each other and well if Wy could have kept his mouth shut you would have never known we were out there." Liz said taking Mel's hand to pull herself up.
"What about you Lilly? Why did you let them drag you down with them?" Mel asked looking highly amused at her boyfriend's sister.
"Me I'm just nosey sometimes I'll admit it." Lilly replied reverting to telling the truth because she couldn't think up anything better than that.
"All of you get your asses out of my room before I let Mel blow you up." Chris chuckled he had no privacy but he wouldn't have it any other way.
"So Chris tomorrow is Valentine's Day." Prue started in on her cousin she couldn't help herself the cupid in her made her unable to mind her own business.
"Ladybug you're pushing your luck right now just go before you make me want to kill you." Chris sighed that girl was way too nosey for her own good.
Troy let Val into Liz's apartment with a smile on his face he had sweet talked his sister and Lilly into vacating the place all night so he could have some alone time with Val. He had rose petals sprinkled all over the living room and candles lit on the kitchen table.
"Wow Troy this is amazing I can't believe you did all of this." Val said giving him a passionate kiss.
"I will do whatever it takes to make you happy Val. And if that means I have to bankrupt myself to do it then so be it." Troy replied. He knew that he had to get the Valentine's Day thing right he was dating a cupid after all.
Val wrapped her arms around his neck "I don't need your money I would much rather have your body." She was a hormonal teenage girl she couldn't say more than that for herself.
Troy smiled as he kissed her "Well it just so happens that you can have both."
"I know which one I rather have right now and it damn sure isn't your money." She replied pressing her body closer to his so there would be no mistake about what she meant.
"I don't know that you can have my body right now you wore me out yesterday. I'm almost twenty-six I'm an old man compared to you." Troy joked liked he could deny her anything she wanted.
"Well in that case I guess I will have to go see my other boyfriend who is younger and is in the mood." Val said without missing a beat.
"My being in the mood is not what is in question here. I just don't know that I can keep up with you. Because Val you can do things in bed that I have only read about in books." Troy wasn't joking either his high school aged girlfriend was more experienced than he was and he had, had some experiences.
"You haven't seen nothing yet big boy. Stick around a little while longer and you will see just how wild I can be. One of the perks of being a cheerleader I bend in ways other people can't." Val knew what she was doing she had Troy trying with all his might to keep his hands off of her.
His better judgment won out for a moment. "Before we take things any further I have something I want to give you." he said handing her a jewelry box.
Val opened up the velvet covered box and she found a diamond necklace "Oh Troy I love it." She gushed pulling up the back of her hair so he could put it on her.
Troy kissed her neck after he had fastened the necklace in place "I'm glad you like it I looked for that for days."
Val turned around and kissed him on the mouth "I worked really hard on finding your present too Troy. I know that you're going to like it." She said seductively.
"Oh really now what did you get me?" Troy asked even though he had a pretty good idea.
"Well I actually got you two things." Val said handing him an envelope.
Troy opened it and pulled out a pair of basketball tickets. "Val this is really great you didn't have to do this."
"Troy don't argue with me just take me to bed so I can give you your other present." Val said wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Your wish is my command." Troy said picking her up and carrying her to his bedroom.
"Em you're sure that we should be doing this down here?" Jack asked they were laying on the couch at Derek's house making out for all they were worth.
"Jackie it's fine there is nothing to worry about. Ricky is out with Charlie and they won't be back until later and dad is over at mom's house. We should have a few hours alone." Emily explained kissing him to silence him.
Jack sat up on the couch so that she was sitting on his lap "You know as well as I do that getting caught doing this would be bad. I'm already in enough trouble as it is."
"I know that Aunt Piper is your mom but you don't have to worry so much we're not going to get caught." Emily assured him.
"I got you something it's no big deal though." Jack said holding out a small silver chain with a heart on it.
"Thank you Jack I love it." Emily said when she read the back which said J.H. + E.B.
"You're welcome Happy Valentine's Day Em." Jack said kissing her lightly on the mouth. Part of him felt bad for falling for her because he was only going to break her heart when he had to leave.
"Jackie you're here right now and that is all that matters." Emily said reading his thoughts he had let his mental blocks down a little.
"I don't think that's fair Em." He teased her.
"Well I do and I don't play fair very often." Emily replied.
"I know you have been hanging around Penny too long." Jack said his cousin was starting to rub off on her.
Emily grew quiet for a second before she brought her eyes up to meet Jack's "Jack I want you to be my first." She said simply.
Jack sat there shocked for a moment he knew that he had to proceed with caution. "Em I think that maybe we should wait."
"Jack I don't want to wait I know what I'm doing." Emily assured him.
"And I don't want you to rush into this with me because you think you have to. I understand if you think you want to wait." Jack said.
"Jackie I don't want to wait I want you." Emily begged him.
Jack couldn't refuse her with the face she was making "Ok but we do this the right way not down here on the couch. I want you to remember this for a long time." He said taking her lips in his tenderly.
"Alright it's a deal." Emily replied she pulled out of the kiss. Jack orbed them both up to her bedroom without another word.
"Wow that was wow." Parker said rolling over onto his back.
"Yeah you weren't so bad yourself there cowboy." Calleigh said running her hand up and down his chest.
"Tell me again why I waited so long to go out with you." Parker grinned.
Calleigh pretended to think for a second "Because you are stubborn to a fault and won't listen to what your own heart is telling you."
"Ah yes now I remember the Halliwell stubbornness strikes again it's not my fault I was born with it." Parker chuckled to himself.
"How much longer do you think we can keep this from them?" Calleigh asked him.
"I don't know Cal but I don't think they suspect anything. Trust me if they did Prue would be on it like a dog on a bone." Parker replied he didn't think that the others in their group knew about them seeing each other.
"You do have a point there. You know we should get up and get ready we have to meet the others at P3 soon." Calleigh mused it was the last thing she wanted to do. But if they didn't show up they would know that something was going on with them.
"Sadly I know I would love nothing more than to stay in bed with you the rest of the night. I really have to think about getting my own place so my sisters don't know what time I come dragging in at night." Parker said he had been thinking about it for a while now.
"Parks that will go over like a ton of bricks none of your nieces or nephews even live alone." She pointed out to him.
"Point taken and the matter is dropped for right now. Me being a gentleman I will let you use the shower first." Parker said he had to get out of bed with her or they would never make it to the club.
Calleigh pretended to pout "I can't believe my boyfriend doesn't want to shower with me."
"Well if that is an invitation then I accept gladly." Parker said making his eyebrows dance.
"It is and I'm glad you're taking me up on my offer I hate to shower alone when you are right here." she kissed him before she got out of bed. He followed her to the bathroom. There was no way they were going to make it to the club on time but they could come up with a good excuse.
Prue and Chuck sat alone in a booth at P3 waiting for the others to show up. Prue was in a rather foul mood because she hadn't managed to get Henry and Bianca together. "I swear I don't know what is with the two of them. They are clearly made for each other but they are being entirely too stubborn to see that." She huffed.
"Prue sometimes you just have to let these things work out the way that they are supposed to. It's not a failing on your part." Chuck reasoned with her even though he knew she couldn't be reasoned with.
Prue rolled her eyes at him "Charles Derek Bradford you wouldn't say that if you knew what the hell they do to my powers."
"Honey they don't do it to mess with your powers they do it because they are Hank and B they have had this whole song and dance going on for as long as I can remember." Chuck recalled it hurt his head just thinking about it.
"I know and it's about time that they stopped dancing around each other and started dancing with each other." Prue was not going to give up that easily and he knew that she wouldn't.
"I know that and you know that. But it is complicated today is his wedding anniversary I don't know if he could stand going out with anyone right now. you know how he gets." Chuck pointed out.
"I know but he seems better this year I don't think it hurts as much anymore. At least I don't get that feeling from him anymore. I used to have to take aspirin just to be in the same room with him. They are both ready for this they just don't realize it." Prue was going to get them together with their cooperation or not.
"Ok you are getting stressed so stop thinking about it for right now and lets go dance." Chuck said holding his hand out to her.
She took his hand and allowed him to pull her out of the booth "Ok you win for now." she allowed him to lead her out on the dance floor for one dance before heading back over to their booth.
Chuck bent down like he had to tie his shoe but his right hand went inside his pocket and he pulled ring box out. He got down on one knee and looked up at her "These last two years with you have been the best of my life. I can't imagine living without you I want to wake up with you every morning and go to bed with you every night. Prudence Elizabeth Halliwell will you marry me?" he asked slipping the ring on her finger.
Prue was stunned for the first time in her life she didn't know what to say. She hadn't seen this one coming not by a long shot and she knew everything about everyone. She could honestly say that she had never been speechless before. Tears shined in her big brown eyes. Chuck held his breath while he waited for her to answer him. "Well what do you say Prue?" he asked her after a moment.
"Yes of course yes I love you Charles Derek Bradford and I always have." Prue said finding her voice after a moment. She looked at the ring on her finger and she knew that it had to cost him a lot.
Chuck got up off his knee and kissed Prue "I love you too and I always will. I promise that I will take care of you no matter what."
"Oh Chip I love this ring how did you know?" Prue asked him.
Chuck shrugged and smiled sheepishly "I might have had help from an anonymous source."
"I have to give you this much fiancé you are good. I normally know about everything and I didn't know about this." Prue had to use the word to try it on for size and she loved the way it sounded.
Chuck grinned at her "I like the way that sounds."
"Chip really I'm curious how did you pull this all off without me knowing?" Prue couldn't just accept a good thing.
"He had a whole lot of help that is how pulled this off without you knowing." Wyatt said walking up with Liz.
"Prue before you kill me I couldn't tell you but I felt duty bound to help Chuck he is my other best friend. And I am not the only guilty party you might want to talk to my brother and the two men that round out your trio they had a hand in this too." Liz said defending herself.
Prue thought for a moment "That would be why Troy drug me shopping with him so many times and the boys felt the need to keep me occupied."
"Prue you might as well have been a reporter I can't keep anything from you so I had to have help. You came really close to finding that ring the other day when you slept over." Chuck shook his head.
"It's about time congratulations you guys." Jake said walking up with Lilly he kissed his sister on the cheek and clapped Chuck on the back.
"Cookie Dough did you know about this?" Prue asked him he was capable of keeping things from her but he generally didn't.
Jake gave her a sheepish smile "Maybe I did. Mostly because your cousin's girlfriend and my fiancé are roommates and they talk a lot."
"It has been established that all the women in our group talk too much about everything tell me something new." Chris said he walked in with a very pissed off looking Henry who was dressed to kill.
"Cupids are generally all around pains in my ass." Henry grumbled to himself.
"That is nothing new either we all know that." Lilly pointed out to him.
"Oh Hank cheer up it's not that bad I promise it's one date." Brady said putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Well hell knowing your race of people the way I do you might be trying to marry me off." Henry replied.
"Henry she is waiting for you at the bar just go." Brady ordered his older cousin.
"She better not be crazy." Henry bitched as he walked off to the brunette sitting at the bar.
"Oh she is crazy alright crazy over you." Brady mumbled to himself.
"Brady what the hell are you talking about?" Jake asked him.
"Oh just wait and see because you guys are going to love this one." Brady said a grin making it's way across his face. The others watched as Henry sat down at the bar.
"What the hell are you guys watching?" Parker asked when he sat down in the booth with Calleigh.
"Shh Brady set Henry up on a date we're trying to see what the hell she looks like." Liz said shushing him.
"If I didn't know any better from this angle I would swear she looks just like B." Calleigh said.
Jake started laughing uncontrollably "Oh no you would be right that is B. there is only one person I know who has that tattoo on her shoulder blade."
"Oh my God he is right that is B." Lilly said realization dawning on her.
"Brady what the hell did you do?" Prue asked him more than a little pissed off he was so treading on her territory.
"They were being stubborn so I set them up on a blind date together. I was left with no choice Prue I thought that you of all people would understand that." Brady reasoned with his sister. He knew that she was pissed with him he had crossed the line.
"I swear future boy if you did anything to mess up my chances of getting them together I will kill you in a way that can't be used in the same sentence as humane." Prue threatened him.
"It's no different than what you did with Wyatt and Liz." Chris observed trying to keep his baby cousin out of hot water with his older sister.
"Yes this is because I did that he has no clue what the hell he is doing I don't care if he is a full cupid. Those two have to be treated with kid gloves I hate to say it but they are both damaged goods. One wrong move and they won't even consider talking to each other for a year." Prue ranted and raved. If anybody was going to meddle with those two it was going to be her.
"Prue just calm down talking to each other is not going to kill them." Brady tried to calm her.
"No but I am going to kill you I'm warning you that you had better watch yourself. I swear if anything happens between them because of you I will not be responsible for what I do." Prue gave him fair warning. Has she known he was her baby brother she would have felt bad for talking to him like that.
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Henry sighed when he walked over to the bar and saw that the woman he was supposed to be meeting was Bianca. "Hey B." he said sitting down on the barstool next to her.
"Hank what are you doing here?" Bianca asked him surprised to see him sitting beside her.
"We were all supposed to meet here B." Henry reminded her.
"No Hank I mean what are you doing at the bar." Bianca corrected him.
"Brady set us up I had nothing to do with this. You asked me for time and space and that is what I am giving you. I respect that and you too much to do any different." Henry said speaking to her from his heart.
"Hank I'm sorry had I known that he was going to do this to you I would have told him no. I know that today is not easy for you." Bianca said she had softened towards him.
Henry gave her a half smile "It's just another day now nothing to worry about. I swear to you B I am over her. The only ache I have in my heart right now is because you have been acting kinda off with me lately."
Bianca stared deeply into his eyes and she could see the pain there she took a deep breath. She thought that he had been hurt enough for one lifetime. "Well I do believe that I still owe you a date."
"B what are you talking about?" Henry asked her he was confused he had forgotten all about the bet they had made while they were in Oz.
"When we were in Oz I bet you that Wyatt wasn't the lion and you said if you won I had to go on a date with you. I haven't paid up yet so I figure now is as good a time as any." Bianca replied giving him a genuine smile.
"There is that smile I missed seeing so much and now that you mention it I do recall that you owe me a date." Henry smiled right back at her.
Bianca marveled yet again how his smile managed to turn her to mush. "I'm sorry for the past couple of months you haven't deserved to have me treat you like that."
"Don't worry about it B lets just put it all behind us for now. We should probably go over there with the others before they get the wrong idea about you and me." Henry suggested.
Bianca took his arm "You're right that is the last thing we need Prue on our case." Something about being with him made her impulsive. She reached up and kissed him on the lips. "Hank if you want to be with me I'm gonna need you to fight for me." she told him when she pulled away.
Henry smiled at her it was a goofy grin "Then all I can say is lets get ready to rumble."
-End-
Guest Starring:
Piper Halliwell- Holly Marie Combs
Phoebe Halliwell- Alyssa Milano
Paige Matthews- Rose McGowan
Prue Halliwell- Shannen Doherty
Leo Wyatt- Brain Krause
Henry Mitchell- Ivan Sergei
Coop Valintine- Victor Webster
Andy Trudeau- T.W. King
Phillip Brady/ Halliwell- Michael Buble
Puck Cavanaugh- Mark Salling
Ben Turner/Cole Halliwell- Ryan McCarthy
Gorgon/Greg Turner- Jason Statham
Special Appearances By:
Tim Shane- Chris Noth
Paige Halliwell- Megan Fox
Anna Halliwell- Mila Kunis
Shane Halliwell- Sean Faris
R.J. Halliwell- Tom Welling
Dominic Turner- Freddie Prinze Jr.
Riley Halliwell- Zac Effron
Dan Halliwell- Josh Jackson
Caleb Halliwell- Jared Padalecki
Samantha Halliwell- Kate Bosworth
A/N: I am excited this is the most reviewed episode so far. Paige and Dom are going to hang around and make sure Jack and Alan stay on track this is going to get interesting. Hank and B are on track to getting back together. I figured that it was about time for everyone else to help meddle in Prue's love life since she is so fond of doing it to them. Brady is living dangerously messing around in Prue's cupid territory she just might kill him. It's amazing that no one else has figured out that he is a Halliwell. Ken is out of the way now or so they think but with the way their lives go they may not be so lucky. Ben is going to shake things up big time. I think Huck is going to be a little road block in Val and Troy's relationship. Jack and Emily seem to be taking things to the next level which will only cause more trouble for Jack if they get caught. Jack and Alan are once again in trouble for keeping things from their parents. I had to add the scene in there with them discussing how they were all related it just made R.J and Riley seem more like Halliwells. I think there may be only one or two more episodes left in this season. So things like Jake's demon half and Chris's flashbacks are going to come into play again. And I changed the person who played Ben because he looked more like Jake. Until next time please review.
