Chapter 7: Fighting Back
Henry was still sitting on the couch crying he was trying hard to figure out where he had went wrong. He would never in a million years do anything to hurt Bianca he knew that in his heart of hearts but it appeared as if he had done the unthinkable and now she was going to take his babies away from him. He was well into his wallowing in self pity mode when he heard a voice saying his name he looked up to find his Grams standing there.
"Grams you here to kick me while I'm down ?" he asked sarcastically narrowing his eyes at her.
Penny glared right back at him for a moment but then she softened her look. "Henry I need you to listen to me for once in your life this isn't real. You're under some kind of spell you need to pull out of it." she ordered him as gently as she knew how.
"Grams I can't my wife just left me I have to be the worst husband in the world this is the second wife I have lost. And the really bad part is she just took my kids with her." he said sadly he wasn't in the mood to fight with her.
"Henry Victor Matthews Halliwell Jr I mean you better listen to me good you know as well as I do that wasn't B if you did what she said you did she would have beat your ass. So I need you to get mad and pull out of this." Penny instructed him more forcefully this time.
Henry looked at her skeptically there was a lot of truth to what she said. "Grams do you promise this isn't real ?" he had to know he just couldn't take her word for it.
Grams rolled her eyes at him men were so stubborn when they wanted to be. "Yes I promise now just open your eyes and help me out here." she assured him.
Henry did as she said and he forced his eyes open when he did he saw that he was back in the temple sitting on the dirt floor with his back against the wall. He wiped away the tears that were rolling down his face. He looked up and Grams was standing right there in his face. "Alright Grams tell me what you need me to do." he said finally .
Grams pointed to Parker, Chris, and Prue "You need to help me pull them out of it that is the only way you will ever get rid of this ghost."
"Ok I'll try Ladybug first you can take Parker." he agreed he moved so that he was standing on his hunches in front of Prue "Ladybug it's me Bubba I need you to open your eyes and look at me."
Prue opened her eyes but instead of looking at him she was looking straight through him. To her she was still trapped on that submarine. "Hank you never came when I called you before." she said weakly she was trying hard to fight off the panic attack she was having.
Henry took both her hands in his "Ladybug I need you to tell me what it is that is scaring you." he had heard the fear in her voice when she answered him.
"I'm on a fucking submarine Hank what do you think is scaring me ?" she shot back sarcastically.
Henry looked confused for a moment but then he remembered that Prue was claustrophobic being on a submarine was like being in a coffin to her. "Oh Ladybug it's not real come on you can do this pull out of it for me." he was trying to keep the laughter out of his voice.
"Hank damn you this isn't funny I'm gonna die if I don't get off of here." Prue screamed at him.
"Hank step aside and let me try." Coop said putting a hand on his shoulder. Henry looked up and saw Coop, Leo, and Paige standing above him.
He gave his mom an innocent grin and she glared back at him. "You ok Bubba ?" Paige asked him noting the tear tracks on his face.
"I'm fine mom we just have to find a way to get rid of this damn ghost." he answered he was fine now.
"As long as you're fine." Paige said putting an arm around him.
Coop was crouched in front of Prue now trying to get through to her. "Ladybug it's daddy I need you to tell me what you're scared of." he reasoned with her.
"So now you come you ignored me when I called you before," Prue bitched at him but then she remembered how scared she was. " daddy I'm on this submarine and I'm so scared I can't get off of it."
Coop had to chuckle a little bit at her only his daughter would be scared of something like that. "Ok Ladybug why are you scared ?" he asked not getting that she couldn't stand being confined.
Prue took a deep breath and sighed "Daddy I'm claustrophobic this is like being in a coffin underwater. You have to get me out of here daddy. " she cried.
"Ladybug I need you to listen to daddy sweety I can't come in there and get you and I know I promised I would always be there to pick you up when you fell but this time you've got to do it yourself. Now you just be my big girl and do that for daddy." Coop soothed her.
"I'm not sure if I know how to get off here daddy." Prue whined he always had to be so difficult.
"I can't believe what I'm hearing from you Prue I never thought I would see the day that Prudence Elizabeth Halliwell couldn't do anything she set her mind to now just concentrate on being right here with me and when you open your eyes daddy will be right here." Coop assured her.
"Ok but it's not going to work and I'm going to be really mad at you." she whined some more but she did what he asked. Coop laughed at her it was always his fault when she did something. Prue's eyes flew wide open and she was staring Coop right in the face. She threw her arms around his neck. "Thank you so much daddy I love you I was so scared."
"It's ok now Ladybug you're safe daddy's got you baby. I knew you could do it you're my brave little girl. I love you too baby." Coop hugged her to him and wiped the tears from her face.
Piper, Phoebe, and Val walked into the treasure room to find Wyatt, Jake, Liz, and Troy sitting with there backs to piles of gold tears running down there faces.
Piper went to Wyatt and kneeled in front of him "Wy it's mom sweety you need to open your eyes and pull out of this." she saw the blood on his shirt and the tears rolling down his face.
"Mom I do the best I can don't I ?" he asked his voice hoarse from crying his blue eyes were still clouded with tears.
Piper brushed some of the tears from his face "Of course you do baby I know that what is the matter ?" she asked in a sweet voice.
"So I'm a good big brother I don't push them too hard ? I don't ever cross the line ?" Wyatt was worried that his brother and sister hated him.
"Chris and Mel love you Wy and yes sometimes you go a little too far trying to protect them but they understand. Wyatt you are a very good big brother don't ever doubt that. Tell me what you're scared of." Piper pushed she had to get him back.
" I'm afraid I'm a horrible big brother that because I'm so protective I'm going to push Roman away from Mel." he admitted he hated feeling so weak.
"Wy I promise that won't happen she would kick your ass if you even tried they love each other nothing you can do will push Roman away." Piper assured him he was so damn stubborn.
"But mom what if I push too hard ? I just don't know when to stop sometimes I only want Mel to be happy." he was not willing to grant that his mom was right he had to keep on arguing.
Piper sighed he was too much like her for his own good. "Wyatt as older siblings we do the best we know how. And sometimes we just have to let some things go I had to let your Aunt Phoebe marry Cole. I promise you, you will know when to back off. Now open your eyes and come back to me Wyatt Matthew Halliwell or so help me God I will blow you up." She threatened she had tried being nice to him but that hadn't worked.
"Ok mom I'll try." he said and he pushed everything he was feeling back and he fought to open his eyes and get out of Mel's bedroom. When he finally opened his clear blue eyes he saw his mom standing there in front of him. He pushed his blond hair back out of his eyes.
"Hey there handsome it's good to have you back," Piper said sweetly kissing him on the cheek "now what the hell were you thinking ?" she popped him on the back of the head.
He wiped the tears on the front of his blood stained shirt. "That hurt but thank you for saving me mommy." he smiled sweetly trying to wiggle his way out of trouble.
Piper hugged him "That is so not working pal you're in big trouble but you're welcome baby." she said.
Phoebe was trying unsuccessfully to get through to Jake "Jake it's mommy you have to help me help you. What are you scared of ?" she asked although she had a pretty damn good idea of what it was.
"Mommy you know I would never hurt any of my sisters right ?" he asked tears still flowing from his deep blue eyes.
"Jake that goes without saying I worry more about one of those girls hurting you. Your sisters all love you, you know that." Phoebe tried assuring him but he wasn't hearing any of it.
"But what if I lost control and my demonic half hurt one of them ?" he asked still not sold on the idea.
Phoebe had taken hold of both his hands and she was looking him in the eyes "Cooper Jacob Halliwell Jr that is your name you're nothing like Cole you never have been and you never will be I know that you will never hurt any of you sisters. Your daddy would be hurt if he ever heard you ask that question you have complete control of your demonic half. Those girls are safer with you than anyone I know."
Val had been watching her mom and brother clearly her mom's tactic's weren't working all that well. "Mom move over and let me try this." she said taking her brother's hands. "Jakie Bear it's Valentine I know that you would never hurt me or Penny hell you wouldn't even hurt Prue no matter how much she makes you want to."
"Val I just don't ever want to put you or Penny in danger by being around me I never know when I'm going to snap." he maintained stubbornly.
"Jake we could hurt you a lot worse than you could ever hurt any one of us. You gotta come back now because you weren't there last night and I made out with stupid Steve. Without you I do dumb things I need you here I know you won't leave me high and dry." Val tried appealing to him.
Jake's eyes shot open and he quickly wiped his tears away he pulled Val into his arms while kissing her on the head. "Valerie Christina Halliwell if that idiot ever comes near you again I'll kill him myself he won't have to worry about Prue." that had done the trick Phoebe wrapped an arm around him.
"Nice one Val it's good to have you back with us Jake." Phoebe said kissing him on the head.
"Thanks mommy I was just so scared I don't know what came over me." he admitted.
Ricky, Mel, Patty, and Carly all headed into the alter room. Roman and Bianca were sitting with their backs against the alter, Chuck and Lilly were sitting side by side with their backs to the wall.
"Ricky you take Chuck, I'll take Roman, Carly you take B, that means Patty you got Lilly." Mel broke them down into groups.
She headed straight for Roman she could see that his blue eyes were open but he really wasn't seeing anything through his tears. "Roman baby open I need you to look at me whatever it is isn't real." she tried.
"Mel I'm sorry I never meant to leave you alone I didn't want to do to you what Jimmy did to my mom." Roman apologized and Mel got right away what his fear was.
"Roman baby you're nothing like your dad and I promise you that when we get married you won't leave me as a young widow and single mother you know how to be careful." Mel assured him getting right to the point they had talked about that many times.
"I don't know how you can have so much faith in me you're here now trying to talk me down from a ledge." he said but his eyes were clear and he reached up and kissed her.
"Because like I said you know what you're doing and we've talked about you scaring me Roman James." Mel said straddling him so she was sitting on his lap facing him. He was so easy to bring around because he was one of the least stubborn.
Lilly on the other hand was another matter entirely Patty was having one hell of a time trying to get her to come around.
"Lilly I have to know what you're scared of so I can help you." Patty explained patiently.
"Snakes Patty I hate them and right now I'm stuck in a room with a bunch of them." Lilly said the fear was clear in her voice.
"No you're not Lilly you're right here with me I swear I would never lie to you." Patty tried to assure her.
"No Patty I'm stuck with them and I can't get out of here." Lilly maintained.
"Patty with her it's no use I'll get her." Roman said rolling his eyes and moving Mel off the top of him so he could go to his sister. He got right up in her face. "Lila Teresa Nicolae I swear to you that I will never let a snake get to you big sister now I need you to come around so we can get the bastard that did this to us."
"Roman that's easy for you to say if there was a spider anywhere around you would be screaming like a little bitch." Lilly shot back at him.
"I know that Lilly just trust me I swear if you open you're damn eyes I will be right here and there will be no snakes in sight. If it makes you feel any better Chuck and Mel are both here they can blow the damn things up if there are any snakes." Roman tried again his sister was one of the most stubborn people he knew.
"Roman James so help me God if you're lying to me I will fucking kick your ass." Lilly said but she opened her eyes and she met her brother's blue eyes. "I'm glad you weren't lying you big bastard I would have killed you." Lilly was wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Honestly Lilly I think it might be time for you to get over that fear." Roman chuckled at her.
"Fuck you Ro I don't even know why I love you sometimes." Lilly shot back at him.
"Alright Prue and Jake I've heard about enough out of you two I'm trying to get Chuck here out of his little day dream but he isn't helping me any." Ricky shot at both his older siblings.
"Ricky Prue and Jake our worse than they are and you know it." Chuck said he was still under that spell but that didn't stop him from putting his two sense in.
"Chuckie you gotta help me man I swear to you you're not evil if that's what you're seeing ." Ricky comforted him.
"Yes I am Prue just threw me out of my apartment she doesn't want me around our kids." Chuck shot back stubbornly.
"Fine you don't believe me I'll get Prue in here right now. Prue come in here and talk some sense into your stupid boyfriend he's pissing me off." Ricky called out.
Seconds later orbs appeared in the room and Prue and Hank were standing there. "Stand back Ricky I got him." Prue said straddling Chuck's lap so that she was facing him she kissed him passionately. "Now Chip if that doesn't prove that I love you and you're not evil I don't know what will." they didn't have to tell her what he was scared of it was always the same thing with him and Jake.
"Wow Prue I love you too baby but you've got to get off me if you want me to be able to kick this bastard's skinny little ass." Chuck said he was back from the edge.
Henry had turned his attention to Bianca who he hardly ever saw cry and it was worrying him like no tomorrow. "Carly what is wrong with her ?" he asked his oldest sister.
Carly looked up at her big brother and brushed a lock of hair out of her face "I don't know she won't tell me she keeps talking about how you have to hate her and she is the worst big sister in the world." she answered shrugging.
Henry sighed "I got her scoot on over Carly." he advised he took one of Bianca's hands and held in his own "B I want you to listen to me good that was not your fault there was nothing anyone could have done I don't think I need to remind you that you almost died that night too." they were both tired of going through the same song and dance all the time.
"Hank I should have done more to protect her she was my baby sister." Bianca said she was hard to understand through her sobs.
" I want you to listen to me Bianca Lyn Hoyt you did all you could to save her we all did. I know that now and if you want us to have a chance you have to realize that too." He said breaking out her full name so she would know he was serious.
"Hank you never call me Bianca don't start making that a habit of yours," she said smiling at him she was ok now "Hank it really wasn't my fault ?" she asked just to be sure.
"B it really wasn't your fault." He assured her.
"I'm glad you said that because now I can do this." she surprised him by kissing him in front of everyone. "I know right where we stand no talking needed."
Henry had a goofy grin on his face. "Damn it B you had to do that right in front of Prue I'll never hear the end of that now. But I'm glad you did."
"My lips are sealed I won't tell anyone." Prue said like she could be believed.
Paige was kneeling in front of Parker Grams had no luck whatsoever in getting him to respond to her probablly because of the manner she used it had only worked with Henry because he was a hard ass too. "Parker it's Paige buddy what is it that has you scared ? You're shaking like a leaf." she asked.
"Paige I can't tell you you'll laugh." Parker answered sounding like a little boy. He had dried tear tracks on his cheeks.
"I promise I won't laugh Parker I'm a mom my grown ass son is terrified of mice. I'm sure it's not that bad." Paige said raising an eyebrow at him not that he could see it he was too busy being scared out of his mind.
"Oh I can beat that I'm absolutely terrified of clowns Paige I can't go into a McDonald's I can't even eat the cotton candy that has the clown on the bag and forget about circus peanuts." he rambled on in a way that made it quite obvious he was a Halliwell.
"Parker the clowns can't hurt you unless you give them the power to hurt you I promise you that you'll be just fine if you open your eyes and look at me. Just come back to me don't think of anyone else just follow the sound of my voice you can do this you're a Halliwell that makes you a fighter by nature." Paige was in her whitelighter mode that was the only thing she knew to do to bring him back from the brink.
Parker very slowly opened his brown eyes and met his sister's "You're really good at that Paige you should consider being a social worker when you grow up." he joked he had the Halliwell wit too and he was damn proud of it.
Paige rolled her eyes and laughed when he flashed her a smile that made his eyes dance. "Yeah I'll have to take that into consideration. Seriously Parker clowns ?" she asked in disbelief.
"Paige lets just not go there right now it's not a very nice place to be." Parker said shaking his head he never wanted to be that scared again in his entire life.
Leo was looking at his second son his eyes full of concern "Chris buddy I'm at a loss here what's going on in that head of your's ?" he asked he had no clue what could scare that boy he hadn't found anything that would yet.
"Dad I'm scared of planes in general and flying specifically I know it's stupid but I can't help it. And I can't orb to get off of this damn thing my powers will not work." Chris ranted.
"Alright pal that's fine just think about me it's not real you're fine you're right here with me and you need to believe that when you open those green eyes I will be sitting right here in front of you." Leo coached him.
Chris wasn't one to have patience so his eyes came flying open almost right away "That was a close one dad thought I was a goner there for a minute." he said smiling he didn't want to worry his dad he hated bothering other people with his problems.
"I knew you could do it Chris I never once gave up on you." Leo said punching him on the arm.
Wyatt predictably had gone right to Liz's side once he was calm enough to help her without scaring her even more. "Lizzie I need you to tell me what's wrong so I can help you." He said sweetly she meant more to him then he knew.
"Wy I can't keep losing all the people I love like I just lost you." Liz said the tears we're still rolling down her face.
"Lizzie you didn't lose me I'm right here and I need you to be here with me. I need you to be my brave Princess Lizzie like I was your brave Wuvey Bear earlier." Wyatt pursued she was the most stubborn person he knew and he was a Halliwell that was saying something.
"Wyatt I'm just so afraid that my powers are going to fail me when I need them most and something will happen to someone I love because of it." Liz managed to get out between sobs.
"Lizzie that won't happen you'll never lose me or anyone else I promise and I really need you here with me now. I'm not me without you Lizzie you're scaring me and I don't want to be scared anymore today." Wyatt pleaded and it looked like he was getting somewhere.
"I'm holding to that Halliwell and if I open my eyes and you're not there I'm going to hurt you." Liz replied giving in.
Wyatt breathed freely when she finally opened her eyes he hadn't even realized he had been holding his breath. "See there I would never dream of lying to you Shane you know that I'm hurt that you thought I would." he pretended to pout.
"I was so scared that I lost you Wy I love you." she said throwing her arms around his neck only she knew that she had meant she was in love with him.
"I love you too Lizzie." Wyatt kissed her on top of the head.
"Liz do you think you could come do something about your brother he won't listen to anybody and I'm sorely tempted to hit him with a low voltage energy ball to get his ass to come around." Jake said sounding stressed he was worried about Prue and Lilly.
"I've got him I'm just saving him so I can be the one to kill him later I want everyone to know that." Liz said going over so she was facing him. "Troy it's Lizzie I want you to tell me what the hell is wrong." she wasn't being gentle with him she was still pissed.
"Lizzie Beth I'm nothing like our father am I ?" Troy asked he was openly sobbing.
Liz wanted to roll her eyes at the question but she stopped herself. "Troy you're nothing like him you would never do to anybody what he did to us."
"But I left you all alone to go out and find myself." Troy said sadly.
"Troy you deserved that you were my big brother and my father it's ok I wasn't alone and you know it. Now come on back here with me because I still have to beat you for getting me into this mess." Liz said smacking him on the back of the head to knock some sense into him.
Troy flinched but he opened his eyes to find Liz sitting there with a frown on her face. "Liz that fucking hurt." he protested as the temple walls started shaking again.
"Alright people you can fight outside we gotta get out of here fast move it." Piper ordered them all out she grabbed on to Wyatt so he could orb her.
Outside the temple they all met up the older kids were looking anywhere but at their parents they so didn't want to have to explain anything there was still a ghost on the loose.
"Why in the name of God is Grams here ?" Piper asked she wasn't happy at the moment and her grandmother could never be trusted to behave either she was almost worse than the kids.
"Piper someone had to help them out I didn't know you were coming I wasn't about to let my great-grandchildren become ghost kibble." Grams shot at her.
" A ghost we still have to kill by the way." Roman threw out there pissed he was attached to Mel at the hip.
"We stick to the plan it would have worked we just don't try it that way again." Henry defended his plan there was nothing wrong with it that damn Sanco had just beat them to the punch.
"You're plan just almost got you killed and you think it will work ?" Phoebe asked incredulously she couldn't believe the things they did sometimes.
"Of course it will work mom this time we're not going in there blind we know what he's capable of ." Prue said sounding confident.
"I'm still all for lighting the bastard up like a Christmas tree." Parker agreed no one put him through that kind of hell without paying the price.
"You're telling me kid I just got out of my own personal hell I like the idea of burning him up." Chuck jumped in he had his arm around Prue.
"At least there were no snakes there." Lilly groused she was wrapped safely in Jake's arms.
"I would have gladly traded you that and you could have taken a flight on a plane for me." Chris bartered he would take snakes any day over a plane.
"Someone could have had the damn submarine I was on Wyatt comes to mind he was in the Navy after all." Prue would have gladly dealt with anything but that submarine.
"I would have taken all of those if it meant I didn't have to see those damn clowns." Parker announced it was really a sickness the way he was scared of clowns.
"See there Mel I always told you lots of people are scared of clowns." Val said she was terrified of them as well.
"A submarine Prue really ?" Jake asked his sister in disbelief.
"Shut up Cookie Dough I'm claustrophobic it's not funny I don't like tight spaces." Prue shot back at him.
"Coop your sister is right that isn't funny she got that from me I can't stand feeling like I'm confined." Coop corrected his son.
"C. Perry still with the planes man ? I thought we talked about this ?" Henry asked amused if only he had gotten something so simple.
Chris narrowed his eyes at his oldest male cousin. " It's flying really not planes and you know it Hank and I don't think it's funny either." he said childishly.
"That is common enough I'm still hung up on Parker and the clowns." Chuck laughed he needed to after what he had just been through.
"Fuck you Chuck it's not remotely funny those damn things scare the hell out of me." Parker wasn't in the least bit amused.
"Honestly I would be willing to trade Chris his plane for my demon drama." Jake said.
"No I'll take the demon drama and someone else can have my daddy issues." Troy pipped up.
"No thank you that's what I had I'll take Lilly's snakes." Roman offered.
"Anyone who is at all interested can have my power issues any time." Liz laid out there.
"I'll take those only if you take my wife issues ." Hank countered.
The younger witches and the Charmed Ones let them carry on for a little while they needed it after what they had been through. But finally they couldn't stand o hear them bicker anymore. Piper and Mel both let out loud whistles.
"That's enough out of all of you let me hear this so called brilliant plan you have to take out this ghost." Grams yelled out.
Henry's eyes lit up when she spoke. "Oh Grams you are so gonna love this one you get to have a starring role I just thought of something." he said giving her a big smile.
"This the same plan or no ?" Chris asked he was the only one who could keep up with Hank when he got that way.
"Same plan with a change or two thrown in but it'll work like a charm my plans always do." Henry assured him.
"No your plans always wind up with us having to come save your asses." Paige said menacingly.
"Bubba if you're thinking what I think you're thinking it will totally work." Patty smiled at her brother the two of them had the same thought process.
"Oh that is very encouraging my seventeen year old niece thinks this is a good idea someone just shoot me now these kids still have so much to learn." Piper ranted and raved.
"Mom I think you ought to listen to this it should be entertaining if nothing else and oh look Chris just broke out his knife to write in the dirt with. This should be damn good." Wyatt was laughing and pointing at his little brother.
"Look Wy in this scenario Hank is the quarterback right now we gotta let him run with it. We let Chuck play the quarterback earlier the play he called got our asses sacked for a loss on the play." Chris started using football analogies that meant he was dead serious.
Henry took the knife from Chris he made a box in the dirt inside the box he drew two different groups of X's and one group of O's. One group of X's was in the front the other was off to the right and the O's were off to the left. "That is the same plan as before the only difference is we're making a couple of changes to the groups. Parker you were with us but now you're with B and we're taking Chuck." he pointed to the group of X's on the right when he told Parker where to go. And then he pointed to the O's when he moved Chuck.
Liz looked at them weird "What happened to that two active powers in each group bullshit ?" she asked they were preaching that earlier. She sat cross legged on the ground watching what the guys were doing. Her hair was falling in her face some of it was stuck to the dried tears tracks on her face.
"Liz this guy cheats so we're stacking the deck in our favor which is why you guys get Grams." Henry answered pointing to the group of X's in front. "But we're taking Coop." he agin pointed to the O's.
Chris had the far off look on his face that he got when he was thinking "where you going with this Hank ? I know you're playing a hunch here let me in." he asked.
"I can't I gotta play thing one close to the vest that's what went wrong last time. Now we'll take Aunt Piper , Ricky you go with Wy's group, Mel and Charlie will go with B." Henry was pointing at his drawing left and right.
"That leaves dad, Aunt Phoebe, Uncle Coop, Val, Aunt Paige, and Carly where do they go ?" Wyatt asked he had no clue what his cousin was up to. He was sitting on the ground next to Liz holding her hand.
"We'll take Uncle Leo and mom, Wy you can have Uncle Coop and Val, B that leaves you with Aunt Phoebe and Carly." Henry knew what had went wrong with the plan the last time and he knew what that ghost was up to or at least he thought he did.
Henry, Prue, Chris, and Wyatt were in the middle of a four way stare down anyone who didn't know any better would think they were mad at each other when in fact they were in the middle of having a telepathic conversation.
"You four care to share with the rest of us ?" Carly asked annoyed that she didn't know what was going on she may have been an advanced telepath but she still couldn't get into one of their conversations if they didn't want her to be there.
"Nope you're better off not knowing what we're talking about what you don't know in this case won't hurt you." Prue answered her cousin breaking eye contact with the boys.
"Grams you know the spell don't you ?" Chris asked his great-grandmother hoping she would get what spell he was talking about without him having to say it.
Penny raised an eyebrow but then her eyes lit up with recognition "Yes I know the spell I have to say I like this plan it's not half bad."
Patty and Mel both pulled their hair up into quick ponytails they had grins on their faces while the oldest four had chose not to share what was going on with anyone else they had let them in.
"Are we going to do this sometimes tonight ? Some of us have school tomorrow or in Carly's case school to skip." Val asked she was the most impatient of Phoebe's children after Prue.
"Yeah we're ready to get to it now just be sure you keep your thoughts to yourself I don't want to give away our plan here." Wyatt answered this was a little bit of a long shot but they had all their bases covered just to be sure.
"We're just going to go along with whatever plan they came up with ? Because the last time I checked their plans almost always end badly." Phoebe asked she was stretching her muscles out she never knew who or what she was going to have to fight she had to be prepared.
Piper took a deep breath and let it out of her mouth "I don't want to but we have no other choice for some reason I think if we knew about this plan we would object if for no other reason than Grams likes it."
"As you said my seventeen year old thinks it's a fantastic plan so we're in deep shit here. Hank so help me God if this plan doesn't work and I get killed I will haunt your ass every night for the rest of your life." Paige threatened knowing she didn't mean a word she said.
"Aunt Pay don't make us trade you for Uncle Coop." Chris joked giving his aunt a grin.
"I object that is not a fair trade if we take Aunt Paige you have to take dad and Val." Jake shot back sticking his tongue out.
"Enough clowning around there will be no trades until this is over at which point I don't care who wants to trade who. Lets just get this over with my feet are killing me." Prue whined what could she say if she didn't complain about her feet once every demon vanquish they would think something was wrong with her.
"Shut up Prue." Wyatt, Chris, Henry, and Jake yelled at her in unison she never listened when they told her to wear demon hunting shoes.
Coop tried hard to hide a smirk " Ladybug don't you worry about those mean ass boys I'll take care of them later." he said kissing her on top of the head.
"I'm ready anytime you guys are ready I would like to get to sleep tonight." Leo said pretending to consult his watch.
Henry bent down and picked up his gas can "We're ready lets do it." he said turning on his flashlight.
Lilly was in the alter room jumping up and down because she had a little bit of snake guts on her. "Mel you think maybe you could have warned me ?" she asked sarcastically Parker was helping her by pulling the lager pieces of snake off of her.
Mel blew a stray lock of hair out of her eyes "It doesn't matter now when we leave you can walk back through there Parker won't have to carry you." she replied trying not to laugh. Since they had traded Parker for Chuck , Parker had to carry Lilly on his back.
"We're here now what do we do ?" Carly asked irritated this was cutting into her time with Jason she couldn't keep skipping school without her mom and dad noticing. She sat down on the dirt floor and began drawing circles using her finger.
"Carly this part you're not going to like but we wait patiently until we get the signal and then we act." Patty answered her sister rolling her eyes. For them to be twins they couldn't be anymore different if they tried.
Phoebe was sitting up on the alter she was still dressed in her work clothes she hadn't had time to change. "How come I think Mel and Patty know something the rest of us don't ?" she asked knowing full well she wouldn't get an answer out of either of her nieces.
"Just chill out Aunt Pheebs it will all make sense in a little bit depending on how much trust you put in Hank and Prue." Mel answered Roman was sitting on the ground and she was sitting on his lap.
"Shit we're putting blind faith in Junior and Prue we are so fucked that's not a very comforting thought." Carly groaned her big brother's ideas normally got someone in trouble add Prue to the mix it was a recipe for disaster.
"Get over the fact that they fight when they're not supposed like when we're in the underworld hunting down demons and they actually make a damn good team." Bianca defended she couldn't believe she had kissed him in front of Prue she could not keep her mouth shut about anything.
"It can't be any worse than the plan that Mel put together when Ricky got turned into a girl." Parker said he was standing beside Bianca who was studying the drawings on the walls because she lacked anything better to do at the time.
Patty marched over to him and punched him on the arm hard "I helped come up with that plan too asshole it's not my fault you didn't call for help when we told you to. It was your own fault you listened to D.J. when he told you not to worry everything was fine." she berated him.
Parker jumped back from his niece he was in no mood to get his ass beat by a girl who was younger than him. Bianca turned from studying the wall and ran her hands over her face. "I don't like the way the drawings on this wall look. From what I understand that damn army of dead men we passed back there can be raised to defend this temple." she said that was the story the pictures told or at least that was what she thought.
"With our luck B that is probably what will happen but it's just a bunch of guys with spears we've all faced worse before." Roman said a little sadly they had all been fighting demons since before they were supposed to be.
As if on cue an army of dead men some missing limbs came running into the room. "Roman we have to talk about you're stupid timing you're almost as bad as Paige." Phoebe said jumping off the alter and she landed a kick square in the jaw of one of the dead men knocking his head off from the force of her blow.
"I just bet Wyatt did something to piss this guy off." Carly said springing into action she grabbed a spear away from one of the soldiers and ran him and another of his brethren through with it turning them both to dust.
Mel silently said a little prayer before flicking out her wrists and blowing one of the armed men up. She sure hoped Hank knew what he was doing this was the signal they had been waiting for. "Look alive guys this is our signal we've got to keep them busy."
Five minutes earlier
Wyatt and his group walked into the treasure room there was no sign of Sanco anywhere but with that tricky little bastard that didn't mean anything he could appear out of thin air.
"Alright Wy what is this brilliant plan?" Val asked her brown eyes gazing intensely at her cousin she couldn't help but notice the room was stacked with people who had mentally based powers. Besides herself Wyatt, Liz, and Troy all had empathy her dad had the ability to make people feel love and Ricky had telepathy this had obviously been done on purpose she just wondered why.
" I can't tell you that I'm just waiting on a signal here once I get that it's all systems go." Wyatt answered his blue eyes scanning Liz over to make sure she was really ok.
"This plan had better work I don't know what it is but I could have come up with something much better on the fly." Grams said putting her two cents in she could always do everything better.
"It will Grams that is why Hank sent you with us you're the only one strong enough to battle this ghost." Liz said she didn't know all the details of the plan but she knew that was why Grams was with them.
Coop couldn't help but laugh at the dead woman he was the only one she really and truly liked because he was magical. "I can't believe we're trusting the man who fell out of the tree and broke his arm when he was twelve." he said Henry had always been doing dangerous things and he knew he was playing a hunch he had admitted as much to Chris.
"Uncle Coop your daughter was into this too so we're also trusting the woman who took Aunt Phoebe's car and wrecked it when she was fifteen." Wyatt laughed at the memory she had called him to help her out of that mess but it had all eventually come out. They both got grounded big time for that one.
"So what do we have to do once we get the 'signal'?" Ricky asked forming air quotes around the word signal.
"We trash the hell out of this room that was the original plan anyway." Troy answered a grin on his face that made his eyes dance. He was starting to get the new plan.
"If he was going to stack the rooms like this why did he take Jake ?" Val asked her curiosity getting the better of her she was sitting on a pile of gold contemplating taking some of it.
"I'll tell you later Val that was your sister's idea we all just went along with it. The answer I can give you right now is her and Cookie Dough haven't had a chance to fight for a while." Wyatt answered trying to sense if they were ready yet.
"That is great I feel so much better about this plan now this coming from Prue who can barely manage to write a paper for school and get it in a time." Coop rolled his eyes but he was thankful that Phoebe hadn't sent him home.
Wyatt cocked his head to the side and raised an eyebrow "That's are signal ladies and gentlemen lets get to work." he concentrated on orbing some of the treasure to another part of the temple.
Val, Coop, and Liz having no other useful powers began throwing some of it against the temple walls. Ricky conjured a flame thrower and melted some of it down. Grams stood back and watched a look of amusement on her face. Troy put out his palm blew a little and turned a pile to a solid block of ice.
Sure enough Sanco appeared a second later still clad in only his loin cloth but this time he wasn't alone he had brought about a dozen body guards with him they were some dead soldiers armed with spears. "You dared to defile my temple this holy place you will now pay." he said in broken English and he spurred his body guards on with a flick of his wrist.
"I'd like to see you try." Grams dared him stepping up she pushed both her palms outward and thrust him into a wall. It didn't hurt him but it stunned the hell out of him.
Wyatt took out one of the guards in front of him with an energy blast he was really the only one in the room with an offensive power. Ricky settled for hand to hand combat with the guards he took the spear way from one and used it to knock his head off.
Troy used his powers to turn one to ice Val was there to back him up by shattering it with a well placed kick. Coop was helping out by fighting not that he was much of a fighter he was obviously more of a lover. He got backed up against a wall by one of the guards the tip of his spear poking into his throat. He was saved by Liz who stuck an atheme through his back.
"Thanks Liz that was a close call."Coop said rubbing his neck there was a small dot of blood there.
"No sweat Uncle Coop I had to save you you're the only one who can help me with my love life." Liz joked giving him a smile before turning back to the fight.
Grams was keeping Sanco busy by throwing him into the wall using her powers he was strong but she was much stronger than he was it didn't matter that he had been dead longer.
"I hope they hurry and do whatever it is they're doing I'm no mood to mess around with this guy all night." Ricky said he had conjured a sword and he was fighting with the dead guards.
The same time in the coffin room
"Chris send Wy the signal." Hank ordered his cousin he was leaning with his back against the gold covered wall.
"Not so fast you're going to do some explaining first." Piper interrupted before her son could do anything.
"Like why the hell you stacked the rooms this way." Leo backed his wife up running his hand over his stubble.
"Uncle Leo we can't explain that yet you'll find out soon enough like Chris said Hank is the quarterback we have to trust him." Prue said this was why she hated it when the parents became involved.
"I gotta say Prue I don't care why you guys did it I'm only glad I'm in the room with you now." Chuck said wiggling his eyebrows and kissing her.
Paige made a sound to show her disgust and she said "There will be no PDA while we're demon hunting this is worse than being out on a demon hunt with Phoebe and Cole." she was remembering how those two used to be. But then she remembered who was in the room two of Phoebe's children. "Sorry guys I should learn to think before I speak neither one of you wanted to hear that."
"No sweat Aunt Paige they are mom and Cole made over only difference is Chuck has always been good." Jake said wrapping an arm around his aunt.
"So who does that make you and Lilly ? Aunt Prue and Andy or some weird shit like that." Chuck asked his friend.
"Now see I prefer to think of us as Aunt Piper and Uncle Leo we have that kind of epic love story." Jake responded he was so full of himself at times.
"No that would be Wyatt and Liz they have just yet to realize it." Hank answered shaking his head he needed a minute to get his thoughts in order.
"Wrong again I think you and B qualify more for that than those two." Prue said so much for her keeping her mouth shut.
"Shut up Prue. I'm not the one getting compared to a damn demon. " Hank said blushing furiously he still couldn't believe she had kissed him in front of everyone.
"Anyone has to be better together than Paige and Brody though that was a bad one." Leo said taking some of the heat off his nephew.
"It wasn't that bad Leo it was not my fault you were a little crazy and he tried to kill you." Paige defended herself.
"Eww please don't remind me he dated my mother I've been trying hard not to hate the bastard so much for Parker's sake. Besides that I still refuse to accept that I wasn't born via immaculate conception." Hank groaned at the mental picture he had just given himself.
"Ok enough you guys are grossing me out I don't want to have those thoughts about my Aunt Pay thank you very much Hank and I sure as hell don't want to think about your conception. So lets get back on task Chuck this one is so your fault you can't even blame this on Lilly or Liz this time this is why we have to keep B around she keeps us focused." Chris ranted on he was willing to do anything to get those thoughts out of his head.
"Get your mind out of the gutter Peanut I seem to be the only one not having those thoughts and that is because I'm pure of heart." Jake said solemnly bowing his head as if he were a monk.
"Jake bullshit you couldn't say that damn spell either last time I checked only two people can claim what you just did. And that is no one in this room unless Patty and Ricky are invisible now." Prue ranted at her little brother he pissed her off so much sometimes.
"Enough I don't want to think about that either that is my baby girl we're talking about Prue. Chris just give the damn signal." Paige said.
"Fine I just know someone who better not call me Peanut anymore he has been warned once today Cookie Dough." Chris closed his eyes and then opened them a second later.
"Give one of the half demons the crowbar I'm not getting cursed opening that damn thing." Hank said lifting the gas can and the crowbar. Chuck took the crowbar and pried the lid to the coffin open.
Hank poured gasoline on the body in the coffin it was nothing but skeletal remains any clothing was gone. The gas wasn't the normal color it had a dark green hue to it he only poured a little on it.
Piper took note of the color and shook her head " I'm afraid to but I'll ask what the hell is in that ?" her eyebrow was arched.
"It's half gas and half potion I just threw some stuff together that I knew would go boom so you might want to step back when I light this." Hank said patting down his pockets looking for a match.
"I got this relax idiots I swear no one would ever smoke or start a fire without me." Chuck said pulling out a book of matches. Everyone took a few steps back when he lit the match which he threw in the coffin and ran for cover. There was a loud wooshing noise as the body ignited but there was no explosion like everyone expected.
"Ok he's going to be pissed everyone grab a hand and orb now." Chris ordered and they all orbed down to the second level of the temple.
This was less better kept than the top half it was over grown with vines and there were mice that scurried all over at being disturbed. Prue let out a high pitched squeal when she saw one and Jake levitated two feet in the air. Hank clung to Paige for dear life.
"Come on you babies let's get to the damn burial chamber and light the real guy up before he comes after us." Chuck said he would never understand what it was with them and mice.
Chris would have taken point but he was busy hiding behind Piper he was just as scared of mice as his cousins he was the only one who wouldn't admit it.
"Peanut let me go it's ok the mice are gone baby." Piper said wrenching out of her son's vicelike grip.
They walked further until they came to another chamber standing at the door were six burly guards they looked as if they had been fed a special diet in life to prepare for this job.
"Now you know why we stacked our room with all the offensive powers. It's going to take a lot of firepower to kill those bastards so blast away." Prue said.
Piper flicked her writs at one of the guards he stumbled some but it had little effect on him. She hit him three more times before he turned to dust.
Leo unleashed his elder bolts on another one he had to blast a full minute before killing the guard.
"Mom you come with me and Chris they've got us covered there are three more guards inside but we've got that under control we've got to get to Sanco's coffin and light him up." Henry said.
"On three we run ready one, two, three." Chris counted it so that Chuck made a hole for them by killing a guard so they could get through. The three took off running.
The chamber was filled with coffins and the guards came toward them. "How do we know which one is his Hank ?" Paige asked all the coffins looked the same.
Henry turned from blasting one of the guards "it's the one closet to the door he had to have been the last one buried here." he answered he handed her the gas can.
"Go you two I've got you covered just get him." Chris yelled at them he was hitting one of the guards with his elder bolts.
Paige and Henry stopped at the first coffin they came too. "This one has to be it." he maintained it looked the newest out of all of them. He used the crowbar to pry the lid off and then he dumped the rest of his can of gas in it. "Oh shit I don't have matches." he cursed.
"Damn it Henry Victor if we make it out of here alive I'm going to kill you." Paige smacked him on back of the head and then an idea hit her. "You can make things explode use your powers stupid."
Henry would have done what she said but he was too busy being picked up by the neck by one of the guards. "Little help here mom." he squeaked out. He made his hand into a fist and twisted it hoping to break the guard's neck. That wasn't happening.
Paige picked up the crowbar he dropped and used it to stab the guard. It didn't kill it but it did drop Henry.
"Hank must I always save your ass ? Go on and blow that damn thing sky high." Chris asked sarcastically turning his elder bolts on the wounded guard.
Piper and the rest of the gang had made there way inside the door but they still had three guards left.
Henry took a deep breath "I hope this works here goes nothing." He said before he flicked his wrists over the coffin that did the trick a little too well he was blown back into the wall by the explosion. He groaned he was still sore from being shot.
All the guards instantly turned to dust. Paige rushed to her son's side "Bubba you ok ?" she asked concerned.
"I'm fine mom busted those damn stitches again but I'm good just got the wind knocked out of me." Henry wheezed.
"Lets get out of here this place gives me the creeps." Piper said wryly unlike her children this was not her idea of a good time at all.
"I vote with Aunt Piper I don't ever want to see this many dead bodies again." Prue agreed with her aunt.
In the treasure room the had finally managed to take out all of the guards and that left them alone with Sanco. Grams wasn't even phasing him anymore.
"This room is full of empaths and telepaths I think we can hurt him if we make him feel emotion." Wyatt said that was why there room was stacked the way it was.
"Sure now you tell me." Val bitched but she did as she was asked.
Everyone in the room narrowed their eyes at the ghost and sent a rush of emotions his way. Wyatt, Troy, and Liz were channeling the fear and sadness he had made them feel. It seemed to be working a little bit he grabbed his head in pain.
Ricky was the one to give out first he was not very good with his mentally based powers they took a lot out of him. " I sure wish they would hurry up." he said before passing out.
"Grams see about Ricky please." Liz called sweetly Grams was nice to her.
Grams went to the boys side to check him out. She quickly found that he had a pulse and was still breathing. When the walls began to shake and suddenly Sanco blinked out never to reappear. "He's fine he just fainted I swear all men are such babies." she said when the shaking stopped.
"We've gotta get out of here now I'll get Ricky." Wyatt said limping over to him.
Coop stopped his nephew "No you won't not with that knee it's barely holding you up I'll get him." Coop pulled the boy to his feet and hearted him out of the temple.
In the alter room they were fighting the soldiers with a lot of success there were just a lot of them. Every time they thought they had them beat another ten showed up.
Drawing on the fear she had felt from the snakes Lilly was beating the hell out of them using her atheme to kill them.
Roman was using his telekinesis to throw them into walls shattering them on impact. "Ha take that Wyatt and he said this wasn't an offensive power." he said smugly.
Mel was a little bored with the whole thing she was sitting on the alter flicking her writs at them she could blow them up two at a time. Once she got four all at the same time "This is so boring I can't believe you guys had trouble with this." she bitched and then she could feel Patty tapping into her powers.
Patty used Mel's powers to blow up five demons at once. "Thank you Mel I was getting tired of kicking their asses the old fashioned way I was getting bored." she said stifling a yawn.
Carly stabbed a soldier using his own spear and rolled her eyes. "I'm so glad you both find this boring and here I thought I was the only one who was missing watching tv." she said sarcastically.
Phoebe was having no problems with the guards at all she was just kicking their heads off like she was the kicker on a football team. "Talk less kick ass more." she ordered slightly winded.
Bianca being a trained assassin was in her element she was in a group of soldiers she had just killed one when she felt a spear point at her neck from behind. "Fuck B when did you get so stupid that boy makes your brain turn to mush." she said to herself there was really nothing she could do she couldn't reach back behind her his arms were in front.
Out of no where Parker came running and football tackled the soldier to the ground. Knocking off a couple of his limbs in the process that gave Bianca all the time in the world she needed to conjure another atheme and kill it. "Congratulations Parker you're now in advanced self defense I knew you had it in you." she cracked helping him off the ground she had just pulled him to his feet with no effort at all when the walls began shaking and the remaining soldiers turned to dust.
"Oh thank God we can get out of this damn place now I most likely don't have a job anymore but oh well at least there are no clowns." Parker said grabbing on to Bianca because she could shimmer.
Outside of the temple everyone was finally gathered none them really looked like they had been beaten up too badly. Phoebe was thinking that maybe she should have taken it a little easier with the high kicks but other than that everything was fine.
"It took you long enough Hank what the hell were you guys doing down there ? Fucking playing games with those body guards." Troy asked in a sharp tone he had no room to be asking questions like that this was his fault.
Liz cracked him on the back of the head "Troy Timothy Shane you better be nice before I beat your ass this is your fault and I'm still pissed at you." she said.
Roman had an amused look on his face. "See we have got to break her of that habit she came over to my apartment last night and assaulted me for no reason." he bitched he still was not happy about that.
"You were being an ass babe you deserved it." Mel said without even thinking about her dad standing right there. Leo looked at them both intently and then gave them a knowing smile.
"Roman have you ever been orbed to the arctic circle ?" Leo asked conversationally Roman shook his head no. " I swear to you that is what will happen if you ever even think about hurting my little girl."
"Dad cut him a break he has been threatened by me, Chris, Hank, and Coop I think he gets it by now. We can't ever expect any of the girls to be happy if we run their boyfriends off all the time." Wyatt said winking at his sister he had learned a lesson in that temple he wasn't going to make that mistake.
"I'm glad you learned your lesson Wy but all of you orb to the manor now we have things to discuss like you don't leave the country without telling anyone."Piper ordered and they all orbed off.
Prue was pacing the kitchen of the manor, Andy was sitting at the counter drumming his fingers on it. Billy, Penny , and Emily were sitting at the table pretending to do their homework that wasn't happening though. Derek and Eva had even come over to help them worry.
"Where the hell could they be ?" Prue shouted her sisters never did things without telling her or asking her for help she was worried.
Andy smiled at her. "Relax Prue their your charges too if anything was wrong you would know." he assured her but he felt anything but assured himself Parker was like a son to him and he hadn't sensed anything was wrong with him.
"Andy you were a cop what is the maximum sentence for killing your oldest son ?" Derek asked Chuck had done some stupid things this one may have took the cake though. He was glad Lilly had Jake because he didn't want Troy Shane any where near any of his girls he was bad news. He loved the kid he was just trouble.
Andy laughed "If they met Chuck they would give you leniency for restraining yourself so long." he had to joke he wanted to kill Parker too.
"You're not going to kill him or the twins either because I am. I'm going to kill Chuck for letting Roman go in the first place, Lilly for not stopping him, and Roman for going." Eva threw her hands up in the air there was no telling what those kids did and they didn't know it.
"I'm so glad I'm not any of them right now Aunt Piper was pissed they might only bring back bodies." Penny threw out she was glad not to be in trouble for a change.
Emily rolled her eyes "I love it how Ricky is always the golden boy me, Chuck, Lilly, and Ro get in trouble but he never does." she mused it was true he could commit murder and their parents would cover for him.
"Ricky was saving your stupid older siblings from themselves he gets a pass." Derek looked at her through narrowed eyes she was on thin ice.
"My mom is going to kill me too I helped heal Wyatt and didn't tell anyone he was hurt. News flash Wy is scary but Hank and Chris were there too they tell me to keep my mouth shut I listen." Billy rambled.
"I'm going to kill my sisters they know better than to go in blind." Prue was dangerously close to losing it.
Henry walked into the kitchen from the living room he had been sleeping " I see they're still not back." he stated the obvious.
"No but we get to worry to the sounds of Wyatt with estrogen it is so very entertaining." Penny said clapping her hands in a giddy manner.
Henry bit his lip to keep from laughing at his niece. "Penelope Marie Halliwell don't talk about Wyatt that way your Aunt Prue is so much worse than he is." Phoebe said hoping to get a raise out of her oldest sister. No one had heard them orb in well in Phoebe and Coop's case they hearted in.
"Phoebe Marie you're not funny I was so worried about you guys." Prue said hugging her sister to her.
"The excutionees are in the living room if anyone has any last words to say to them." Phoebe cracked she was just full of them tonight.
Sure enough the twelve young adults were in the living room some were seated on the couch and others were on the floor. They were dirty but they were all in one piece.
"Let me just start off by saying you're all nuts." Paige put out there it had to be true no sane person did what they did.
"Wyatt Matthew, Elizabeth Ashley, Charles Derek, Christopher Perry, Henry Victor, Prudence Elizabeth, Cooper Jacob, Lila Teresa, Roman James, Bianca Lyn, Victor Parker Alan, and last but not least Troy Timothy that was a stupid thing to do." Phoebe was preaching she was on a roll. Each young person cringed when they heard their name.
Derek put out his hand as if to ask permission to continue which he did when Piper nodded "Melinda Paige, Valerie Christina, Carly Janice, Patricia Charlotte, Derek Brian, and William Carl you all know better than to cover for them just because they're stupid you don't have to go down with them." he vented he could still get through to the younger ones.
Piper looked amused towards both Phoebe and Derek she wasn't as mad as they were "Now that, that is out of the way I would love to know why those rooms were stacked that way ?" she asked.
Leo had been impressed by that fact "Because that was absolutely brilliant Prue you would have been proud even Grams liked it." he gushed.
"For some newbies it wasn't half bad it was a lot better than the nunnery idea." Grams was looking directly at Hank as she spoke.
" It was very simple we used the same plan we did when we went in the only difference was I changed a couple of people around. We had one room stacked for offensive powers, one was stacked for mentally based powers, and the last was stacked for martial arts skills. The purpose being it took all our offensive powers to take those guards out. As far as I know damn near every one in Wyatt's room had empathy and that can hurt a ghost a lot worse than any offensive power. Jackie Chan had to go in the last room she's the best at what she does." Henry explained he had come up with that on the fly playing his hunch about the ghost.
"It was quite impressive. Second thing what the hell were you all scared of ?" Piper asked she expected them to answer her.
Troy started when he got looks from everyone "Mine was I'll turn out like my father."
"Failing as a big brother it sucked pretty bad." Wyatt said shaking his head.
"Not being able to use my powers to save someone I love." Liz left out the second part of her fear.
Jake took a deep breath before he spoke this was hard for him to tell his dad "That I'll lose control of my demonic half and hurt one of my sisters." Coop's face fell but he didn't say anything.
"Snakes lots and lots of snakes it was not fun for me." Lilly said she was still seething about that.
"I'm scared of pulling a Jimmy I can't do to anyone what he did to me and Lilly." Roman said shrugging off the concerned look in his mother's eyes. Mel threw her arm around him they were out in the open now.
Chuck had to brace himself for the hurt he knew he would see in Derek's eyes. " I went all evil and Prue threw me out we had two kids I can't let that happen." he said looking down so he didn't have to look at Derek.
Bianca didn't want to go there it was a bad place to be but she had to "I'm scared my sister's death was my fault."
"Don't laugh it's not funny I was trapped on a submarine and I Prue Halliwell am very claustrophobic." Prue stood up and raised her right hand.
Henry didn't want to say it not in front of Bianca he didn't want her to think he couldn't move on. "I'm afraid I'll never be able to get over her and move on with my life." that wasn't really a secret everyone knew that.
"Flying I have a seriously fucked up fear of flying." Chris said throwing his hands up in the air.
Parker sunk down in the chair he was sitting in it was embarrassing for him to admit. "It's clowns I hope you all find that funny. I can't go to McDonald's or Jack-in-the-box for that matter, I watched It when I was fifteen I almost pissed my pants, and I can't eat circus peanuts." he ranted and raved it was not a fun thing to be scared of.
Andy knew he shouldn't laugh at the boy but he couldn't help it he laughed so hard he grabbed his sides in pain. "Does Brody know this Park ?" he asked wiping tears out of his eyes.
"No and you better not tell him I'll never live this down." Parker shot back giving Andy a dirty look.
"Andy don't you dare laugh at my baby brother like that it was not funny at all." Paige jumped to his defense " One last question before we pronounce sentence. How did you know it wasn't him in the coffin?" that had been nagging at her.
"Do you remember the little telepathic mound visit we had Prue figured it out then. We had opened it earlier and the guy was dressed like one of the soldiers and we read in a book about the burial chamber." Chris said the sports analogies were rolling off his tongue he couldn't stop them.
"Going off of what the book said we knew he was the last person buried there before the fall of the Aztec Empire. That was how we knew where to find him." Wyatt picked up the tale.
Piper looked at him with an arched eyebrow "That's what you guys were talking about ?" she asked she hated it when they did that.
"That and among other things we were having a fight Wyatt was pissed that I took Coop. Chris didn't want Prue and Chuck in the same room they can't keep their hands off each other. And Prue didn't want to be in the same room as Aunt Piper.." Henry answered he had told them all to get over it and did what he wanted to do.
"I know Paige said one last question but what the hell was in that gas can ? The whole fucking temple shook from it." Phoebe asked never had she seen gas that would do that.
Fourteen fingers pointed at Hank he was to blame for that one. "Henry Victor you took after your mother you're potions are a danger to man kind too. You know better than to mix those with gas." Big Henry mocked his son.
"It wasn't the potion I lost my matches I had to light that bad boy up like a Christmas tree using my powers." Henry said flipping his father off.
Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, and Coop turned their backs to the group in hushed conference. Finally Coop turned back to face them "You are all here by sentenced to go to your respective homes and get some sleep with the exception of Troy who will spend the night cleaning Piper's restaurant because your stupid antics caused the girls not to do it." he said chuckling he found it funny.
Troy groaned he was tired. "We're off the hook ?" Bianca asked not that she wanted any part of cleaning.
"Yes you guys redeemed yourselves with that plan it was brilliant it showed very good judgement." Leo said he couldn't get over how well they thought under pressure.
"That would be the voice of reason in our parental mound visit Piper wanted free bartending for a week." Phoebe said openly mocking Chris.
"All of them but Bianca and Troy are off the hook." Piper corrected she just remembered Bianca had lied to her.
"I get what Troy did Aunt Piper but what did I do ?" Bianca asked totally confused.
"Bianca Lyn Hoyt you lied to me about why you wanted use the book. Bartending or cleaning with Troy take your pick." Piper held her ground.
Bianca sighed she knew she couldn't win. "I'll take the bartending I have to work in the morning."
"Good were done here you guys can go." Paige said she wanted to crawl into bed.
Prue stepped up "We are so not done here Piper Grace, Phoebe Marie , and Paige Alexandra Halliwell you all three know better than to leave me here to worry and it doesn't count that Grams was with you I was worried sick." she lectured.
"Seriously you girls all know better than that Prue and I worried our hearts out about you." Derek found it highly amusing Prue and Wyatt were just alike.
"Oh come on Prue we were with them we wouldn't let the girls get hurt." Leo argued but Prue scared the holy hell out of him she always had.
"That is just not acceptable Leo, we can't expect the kids to listen when you adults who should know better do the same thing." Eva got in on the action.
"Right I know you all think you're funny but I got news for you you're not and Prue you better never call me Grace again I will blow your whitelighter ass up." Piper shot back at them.
"Then they wonder where I get it." Mel said teasing.
"No Melinda we all know where you get it Pippy." Roman answered raising his hands to defend himself from the blows he knew were coming but they didn't.
"I will give anyone who can orb or shimmer fifty bucks to take me to his apartment right now I'm blowing that damn chair up." Mel fumed she was dead serious.
"I will match that fifty and give fifty to anyone who keeps him here while she does it that damn thing has needed to go since he was ten but he loves it." Eva said she was serious too.
"Holy shit Chris give me your cuffs then we can both sit on him and make him watch her blow it up." Henry joked.
"Not funny guys don't encourage her she is going to do it one day and then I'll have to buy a new chair they take forever to break in that one is molded to my ass."Roman pleaded.
Grams actually cracked a smile "As amusing as this is I have to get back." she said.
Andy put on arm around her "Wait Grams stay." he leaned down and whispered something in her ear.
Her smile got wider. "Of course I'll do it Andy." she answered turning to hug him.
Soft strains of classical music were playing in the background all the usual suspects were gathered in the living room of the manor. In addition to Darryl and Shelia Morris, D.J. and Sam Patty was even there for the occasion.
Grams was standing in front of an alter to her left stood Andy, Leo, Coop, and Big Henry all dressed in tuxes the Halliwell Sisters' Lonely Hearts Club standing by one of their own. The stairs were decorated with pale yellow ribbons and flowers.
To the right Piper, Phoebe, and Paige stood all wearing pale yellow dresses the flowers were also yellow and white.
Everyone turned to face the staircase as Prue came down on Victor's arm a shock to all of them considering the issues they had. She was wearing a simple but elegant white dress that hung loosely off her shoulders.
Andy smiled when he saw her walking toward him he had waited for this moment for as long as he could remember. Then we he died he had it all ripped from him he had been sad when Prue died but he was glad that they got to be together again.
Prue looked at the man she loved standing there and she that she would never be able to thank Leo enough for what he had done for them. Victor lifted her veil and kissed her on the cheek before stepping back with tears in his eyes he thought he would never be able to do this.
When Victor stepped away Prue and Andy's eyes met the looked at each other like they were seeing the other for the first time. Both smiled widely at the other this was the moment they had been waiting on for years.
After they shared their first kiss as man and wife ended and they had walked back down the aisle together Henry Jr stood and let out a loud wolf whistle and exclaimed "Take that Modern Bride Magazine the Halliwell boys are moving back in the manor." they were all elated that Phoebe was now off of her wedding kick. He got the laughter he expected.
"Thank God now Aunt Phoebe won't drive everyone nuts anymore." Chris agreed they all knew who was responsible for the manor being wedding central.
"I have just one question," Prue said standing next to Chuck the boys all groaned they knew without a doubt what was coming and they were not looking forward to it " can I take these shoes off now ? My feet are killing me."
"Shut up Ladybug." the four Halliwell men yelled in unison. Jake went to his sister picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"Cooper put me down now." Prue demanded beating on his back as he carried her to the other room. Jake came running back into the living room a minute followed by his sister who was carrying both her shoes in one hand.
The pair ran into the kitchen where their grandmother was a few seconds later everyone heard Jake yell out in pain. "Phoebe come get your children they're in here trying to kill each other." Patty called to her daughter.
"Aunt Phoebe we got it." Chris and Hank said in unison and went running into the kitchen to find Prue on top of Jake beating the hell out of him with one of her heels. "Aunt Phoebe we don't got it." they yelled. They were not about to have her beat the shit out of them.
Phoebe came stalking into the kitchen a second later a pissed off look on her face when she saw her oldest two children on the floor. "Mom it looks more to me like Prue is trying quite successfully to kill Jake," she commented before calling to her husband. "Coop come in here and get your daughter before she kills your son."
"Prue sweety I'm sure your brother is very sorry I think you can let him up now." Patty said to her oldest granddaughter. Who then got up off of Jake blowing a strand of hair out of her eyes.
"Don't mess with me anymore Jake." She warned before walking back into the other room.
The Halliwell family was almost normal that day they didn't have the source to worry about right then but he was still out there no doubt thinking up some other way to come after them.
-End-
Guest Starring:
Piper Halliwell- Holly Marie Combs
Phoebe Halliwell- Alyssa Milano
Paige Matthews- Rose McGowan
Prue Halliwell- Shannon Doherty
Leo Wyatt- Brian Krause
Henry Mitchell- Ivan Sergei
Coop Valintine- Victor Webster
Andy Trudeau- T.W. King
Jason Jackson- Brian Greenberg
Lincoln Halliwell- Jensen Ackles
Mitchell Halliwell- Chris Pine
Bianca Hoyt- Marisol Nichols
Special Appearances By:
Penny Halliwell- Jennifer Rhodes
Patty Halliwell- Finola Hughes
Victor Bennett- James Read
Sam Wilder- Scott Jaeck
Billie Jenkins- Kaley Cuoco
William Jenkins- Nathan Kress
Derek Bradford- Dominic Purcell
Eva Nicolae- Eva La Rue
A/N: That is the end of this episode the source and Ben will be back but they had to take a rest. We're going to focus a little more on Parker in the next episode get to know him better. And we're going to get more into the prophecy. Until next time please review.