A/N: Thanks for adding this story to favorite story. I would really love some reviews (A)

This chapter is a lot faster than the last one, but as I said I already wrote some of this. The next chapter made take a week of two, 'cause I'm really busy next week.

Just a little teaser, the next two chapters won't be episode related.

BTW this is now the longest story I've ever published with words and chapters.

Enjoy!

Hulkus Pocus

"She isn't home," Phoebe walked into the kitchen. "She's probably checking out all this new information." Phoebe had after all helped Billie with her research. She contacted agent Murphy, who had given her all the information about missing kids. So Billie was busy again cross-referencing everything again.

"So what did you want to talk about?"

"Well, you know two weeks ago, when she was wearing that belt,, she said something weird."

"Could you make that even vaguer, Pheebs?"

"She said she didn't want to kill another innocent. Which made me wonder, another. Has she killed someone before, and I would have asked, but two persons stopped me."

"What," Piper said loudly, "Leo and I just think it's better. Because she either killed someone, or, which I think is a reasonable explanation, she meant JD. And I don't want to ask her, but she is finally getting over him. And it would look like we accused her of murder."

"She lives here, I think we have a right to know. And you've to stop worrying, she won't run away if we ask a few innocent questions. She did told me what she was doing, when I asked, didn't she?"

"Yeah, but –" The phone rang and Paige happily went to answer it. Her sisters obviously had discussed this before and they were both trying to get her into their camp. After answering the phone, she went back to the kitchen. Her sisters didn't even noticed that she had been gone.

"What gives you the right to noise in her past."

"Well, you've to agree it's weird."

"I missed it, what's weird." Paige stopped their bickering.

Piper looked angrily at Phoebe, who answered. "Well, when Murphy was gathering all those missed children cases, I also asked him to look into Billie. Don't you also give me that look. We know her almost three months now, and we hardly know anything about her. Sometimes she reminds me of Chris, he also never told anything about himself. Anyway, he hardly could found anything about her. Just a birth certificate, but nothing else. Which he found weird, so he dug even deeper. Apparently she never finished high school. However the weirdest are her parents, there is hardly any information on them. It looks like a family who have to hid something. Like killing people."

A moment of silence was in the kitchen. "Did you or Murphy ever consider this. In self-defense she kills an important criminal person and she and her family are in the witness protection program, which would explain the lack of information."

Looking at Phoebe's face, she knew that she hadn't considered that. "So I am with Piper on this. Don't ask, if she wants to tell us, she will. Remember she told us her life was complicated. Oh by the way, Murphy called, he wants a report on the demon."

"Let's go." Phoebe grabbed the keys of the counter. Sighing Piper left the kitchen.

"This better not take too long, I've a ski trip to go too."

Melinda crept around Magic School. There seemed to be more demons than normally. A few were bend over a large, ugly demon on the ground. He started to shudder, before his body turned to flames and only ashes were left. She carefully walked into an empty room, not noticing that one of the demons noticed her. All this cases she got from Murphy were helpful. The information on the internet and in papers was little and not always correct. She was looking for a book she saw here the other day. Not knowing then, that she would need it now.

"Who are you?" A demon suddenly asked from the doorway.

Mistake number one, don't talk, just attack. "I'm a student, here at magic school. Yeah, you know, I must have gotten stuck on an astral plane or something. Did you guys possible redecorate." The demon slowly walked towards her. Just a little closer. He put his arms forward to struggle her, but she grabbed his left arm, flipping him over. Pressing her knees in his chest, she put an athame to his neck. Maybe I can use him. He doesn't look to dumb, she can probably read. "Move and your dead."

"What do you want?"

"What I want is to find information about Jessie James, the kid that disappeared 15 years ago. But since you and your buddies trashed this place, I can't find the books that I need. So you'll have to find them for me. Ask around, I'll be back." Punching the demon in the face, she stood up. Using a potion to go back to the attic at the manor. Walking down the stairs, she heard a baby crying. Looking in the boys room, she saw them both sound asleep. That's weird. She walked further downstairs and saw Paige standing with a baby in her arms. "Didn't know you had a kid Paige. You guys never tell me anything."

"Funny, coming from miss keeping-everything-a-secret. Where have you been this morning?"

"Magic School, working on those missing kids."

"That's dangerous, it's crowded with demons."

"See, that's why I don't tell you anything. You always go in your overprotecting mode."

"Well, you should be around more. You were suppose to help us, and because you weren't around I'm stuck with a baby."

"So what, you wanted to drop a baby in my lap," Melinda unknowingly quoted her aunt. "You've more experience with kids, after all you've two nephews."

"Well," Melinda never found out what the well was, as a demon appeared in the house. Huge, and ugly just like the other one at Magic School. "Nursery," Paige orbed Ramon out of the room. Quickly Melinda got an athame out of her booth and threw it at the demon. Only he was hardly hurt by it. He pulled it out of his chest and threw it back, missing her by inches. In two big steps he was at her, smashing her against the wall. "Magic School," just like the baby the demon was orbed away.

"Oh, can't we go back to the freaky demon, please?" Melinda was cleaning up and heard her mother and aunt walk in.

"Yeah, we can, after I deal with you."

"I don't understand why you can't just let this go.

"Look, I understand your problem with your premonitions, but why cancel all your dates?"

"Because they're me trying to make my premonition come true."

"So?"

"Well, so it's not working, okay? My conception date had come and gone. And actually I feel relieved."

"So now you don't want a baby?"

"No, of course I do. Just not right now."

"That just isn't you Phoebe."

Phoebe sighed as her eye fell on Billie, sweeping up the remains of a vase. "What the hell?" She walked towards her. "What happened."

"A demon attacked us. I guess I kind of ticked him off at Magic School."

"Magic School –"

"Yeah, yeah," Melinda interrupted Phoebe, "Paige already told me it was too dangerous." Her voice telling that she found Paige overreacting.

"Because it is, you can't keep taking risks like that." Piper said sternly. Her eye fell on the scratch in Melinda's neck. "And look if this was any deeper, you would have needed stitches."

"It's only a scratch. Besides, life is one big risk. I can also fall down the stairs, get hit by a car. At least at Magic School, I'm prepared for the risk."

"I still don't like it," Piper wanted to say more, but was interrupted by a crying baby. "That's not mine." She looked at Melinda.

"It's Henry's." A little smile came on her face, when she saw the two faces in front of her. Piper and Phoebe went straight to the kitchen.

Melinda was looking through the book. Somehow it always helped her think, even when it didn't have an answer. Why were those demons so strong, what was changing them and was the same thing killing them, or was it something else. The scratch itched, she really hoped Paige would get into her healing powers soon. Live was just easier when all the battle wounds were healed like they never were there. She thought about the future, from the three persons who knew how to heal, only one still could, when she was sober enough. Concentrate on the now, nothing of that is going to happen again. Just find something against this demons, the sooner you fix this, the sooner you can go on with your research.

Flipping through the book again, she heard somebody coming up. Paige knocked on the door, before walking in. The entire attic looked like a student room. Clothes lying all around the room, empty plates next to the door, and in the middle the not so normal magic stuff. "Did you found anything yet?"

"No, nothing."

"Well, keep looking. I'm going to Henry, to get a photo of Ramon's father, so I can scry for him."

"Why doing it so difficult. I get my laptop." Getting the laptop from under a pile of dirty clothes, she sat down on the couch. She quickly typed the password.

"What is your password?" Melinda gave her the like-I'm-telling-you-that glare. "When you were missing a few weeks ago, it would have been handy."

She sighed, "Jess, with double s. But only in case of an emergency."

Paige nodded, happy to Billie trusted them with the password. The blonde clicked on the pictogram of HJ, a large HJ Software came onto the screen, before the map of San Francisco was shown.

"What is HJ?"

"A show off," Melinda could smack herself. "Nothing, just forget it." She was really stupid right now. Tell her to forget it, now she surely will remember it. "So what do we know of Ramon's' father.

Paige quickly told her everything what Henry told her, and looked how Billie put all the information in the laptop. Hooking a crystal up to the laptop, she started scrying. After only two minutes she has success. "Okay, he is here now." She wrote down the address. "Go bring back that baby?"

"What's that?" Paige pointed at a little pictogram on the screen.

"That are some people whose information I save. So I can found them easily." She really started to doubt if she should show Paige this all. After all none of this was invented yet, and she probably broke all future consequences rules that there were. She clicked on it. A long list appeared, some names in black, but most grey. Her name on the top. "Look this is me," she clicked at the name Mel. A red dot appeared at the manor.

"Mel?"

"I think it's cute Wyatt calls me that, and if it falls in wrong hands, nobody except you, knows that it's me. Don't you've a baby to find." She better go, before she asks even more questions. She knew that there was something wrong, all the information just slipped out of her. Like her resistance was weakening.

"Yes, I'll be right back." Leaving with the address, she went to pick up Ramon out of the nursery.

Scratching her neck again, she decided to go downstairs. Maybe they already knew something. Like she wasn't busy enough, she also had to find out why she was talking so easily. She heard some arguing in her parents room, between her mom and aunt Phoebe, so she continued downstairs. She would talk to them later. In the kitchen she quickly made herself a few sandwiches. Her neck still irritated her, and she splashed some water on it. However it didn't help, she started feeling weak, her body started trammeling and she hold on to the counter so she wouldn't fall down. Her knuckles we're all white, her breath short and rapid.

"Honey, what's going on?" She heard Phoebe's voices somewhere in the distant, but didn't see her. A hand suddenly started to rub her back, but it didn't help her breathing. "Piper, Leo," she heard Phoebe shout, before she blacked out.

Phoebe had been shocked when she saw Billie in the kitchen. It was obvious that she wasn't doing well. As she tried to calm her down, she called for help. Only right after, Billie started to move again. She stood up straight and all her muscles were visible, only to hulk-out. It was the only way to describe it. Before she had time to respond, this hulk Billie threw her out of the kitchen, into the living room. Falling down on the table, it broke under the force. Piper and Leo came running down the stairs. Helping Phoebe on her feet, she looked around. A movement catched her eyes and she moved her hands to blow it up. "No, Piper, it's Billie." Phoebe stopped Pipers hands.

An very angry Billie walked towards her, throwing the furniture to the room. When she jumped towards the sisters, Piper raised her hands and Billie flew against the wall, losing her consciousness.

"Wasn't that a bit dangerous."

"No, the other one I also couldn't blow up. And she is strong and a good witch. It wouldn't have killed her. So what happened."

"I don't know. I came into the kitchen, and she was shaking, pale and then she changed into this."

Paige choose that moment to walk in. "What happened, another demon attack."

"Not another demon, it's Billie."

"That's Billie, what happened to her?"

"I would say the same as the demon. She must have gotten it from the scratch. Let's go back to agent Murphy, and see what the government isn't telling us."

"I will talk with the Elders, they might know something." Leo suggested.

"And I will stay with Billie."

As Phoebe sat with the unconscious Billie, she actually started feeling bad. She loved this girl, trusted her, she was family. Why wasn't that enough, no she had to know everything about her. But not anymore, she was going to leave it at piece. Just like Piper, Paige and Leo did. Suddenly Billie started to shudder and shrink back to her normal posture.

"That's bad," she heard Leo saying, while coming out of the kitchen. "The Elders think it's some kind of virus. And it's spreading fast, and kills fast." Suddenly Chris started crying upstairs. Leo made an apologizing hand gesture, before going upstairs.

After he left, Billie started to move again. "What happened?"

"You decided to redecorate the living room. Let me help you on the couch." She lifted Billie of the floor, almost carrying al her weight, as Billie's leg were still weak. Gently she lied down on the couch. Getting a blanket and a pillow she made sure Billie was comfortable. Before helping her to drink some water.

"Wow, I must be pretty bad off if you're waiting on me hand and foot."

"Well, don't get used to it, because you're gonna be just fine."

"Am I? I'm dying, aren't I?"

"No, you aren't dying."

"Don't lie to me, please."

"No, you listen to me. You know how many times I almost died in the last seven years? How many times I really did die?"

"This is different." She started coughing.

"I'll get some more water."

Billie however stopped Phoebe, by taking her sleeve.

"No. Promise me, don't stop believing in magic or love. I heard you and Piper talk." She answered the asking eyes. She started coughing again, and her eyes slowly closed. Saying that sentence cost almost all her energy.

"I won't."

"When I die," she said, taking a breath between each word.

"No stop, you're not going to die. You're going to be fine." Phoebe wasn't sure if she was convincing Billie or herself. "I'll get you some more ice." This time Billie didn't stop her from leaving.

Phoebe slammed the fridge door, they were out of ice. Putting her head in her hands she sighed. She heard the sound off Paige orbing. "Is she?" Piper asked, fearing the worst.

"Barely," Phoebe said back, her voice almost a whisper. Piper immediately left the kitchen. "What did you found out."

"The government accidently created a virus, and our only shot at an antidote is the blood of patient X. All we have is this." Paige showed the ID tag. "Even if we put all our power together, I'm afraid we won't make in on time."

"Then let's get stronger. Let's get Billie to affect us."

"That's crazy," but she was talking to Phoebe's moving back, as she went to Billie and Piper.

They saw Piper shaking Billie, "wake up, sweetie, please." As Phoebe and Piper came closer, they saw Billie open her eyes.

"Mom," she barely could say that one word.

"I'm here, don't worry. We will save you." Phoebe took the athame out of Billie's booth, and slid her hand. Before handing it to Piper, who did her own hand and of Paige. Mixing their blood with the virus, there powers immediately grow. Piper froze Billie, as she started to shudder. "Let's get to work."

The next day Melinda woke up, still on the downstairs couch. As she slowly went to sit upright, she heard Phoebe telling her to take it easy., and helping her up. "How are you feeling?"

"Surprisingly well. I'm just hungry."

"That sound like the Billie we all know and love." Phoebe got her something to eat.

"So what happened," she asked with her mouth full of food.

"CliffsNotes version: We hulked out, kicked ass and saved the world. You know just another day in the office."

"Yeah, I can see that." Her hand went to her neck, the scratch had gone.

"We got the antidote to the elders, everybody is being cured as we speak. And the demons found the antidote as well."

"You guys risked yourself to save me. And then you say that I'm taking big risks."

"He," Phoebe playfully hit Billie's arm.

Paige and Piper orbed in, they went to have a polite conversation with Murpy. "Hey sunshine, it's good to see some color in your cheeks," Piper commented.

Yeah, grey and pasty, not your color scheme."

Please don't ask about me saying mom, please." Mentally she crossed her fingers, luckily she wasn't asked. Maybe they put it off as being delirious.

"How did it go with Murphy?"

"He decided we are too difficult to handle."

"How rude," Phoebe laughed. She could only imagine how Piper acted yesterday, and understood that Murphy must be really afraid of them right now.

She put the box on the counter. The main reason she offered to bring this to P3, was the privacy. She quickly texted Paige. Can you come to P3 its urgent.

Paige didn't let her down, two minutes later she orbed in. "What's up?"

"A whitelighter is like a lawyer, right. If I tell you something in confidence, you won't tell anyone about it?"

"Yeah, we're good at keeping secrets."

"I mean from everyone, including the family." Paige noticed that she didn't call it 'your family' as she also considered herself a part of it, but didn't want to call it our family.

"I won't, I promise." Paige wasn't sure she could keep that promise, but she promised it anyway.

"Okay. That's for saving me yesterday," she started nice. "But don't ever do something that stupid again. You all three could have died and mess up the future even more."

"How would you know …" She is from the future, why didn't we notice that. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"Nobody should have known, that I was here. It takes me longer than expected."

"And what is it exactly are you doing?"

"I can't tell you, not as long as I live. Almost dying was an eye-opener. What if I'd died, nobody would have saved the future. So I wrote it all down in my Book of Shadows, and when I die, it will magically go to you."

It was clear Billie thought this through, Paige sighed. "I would really want to know more, but I won't pressure you." Funny, I thought only our family jumped through time. Paige breath stopped for a second, it wouldn't, would it?" She treats us like family, she has Patty's smile, she calls Piper mom and tells people she is Phoebe's daughter. "I've one question for you, and I want you to answer me honestly. Are you one of our kids?"

Crap, how did she figure that out. Let's lie, it's all I do here anyway. "No I'm not. But I do know you in the future. You remember my outburst over exposure." She waited for Paige to nod. "You helped those accused of possessing magic, hide them, keeping them safe. I'm one of the few who actually posses powers. I heard stories of people travel back in time and I went for it."

"And your really not family?"

"No, I'm not related."