Chapter 10 Power of the Babies

Henry opened his eyes. His head was pounding and he could feel the blood that had already dried to his forehead. He looked to his left and saw the one demon still chained to the wall. It hurt to try and focus his sight, it hurt just to breathe. "Hey buddy." Henry spoke with a cough. "Why don't you just shimmer or blink? You do have powers, right?"

The demon looked up giving Henry the first good glance at his face. He almost looked normal Henry thought to himself. You could see slight creases in his fore head, it made him look more wrinkled. He also had a tattoo looking mark on the side of his baldhead.

"She took my powers." He said with a slight grit in his throat."

"Oh." Henry turned back to face forward. He knew some way that the girls would get him out of this. He was just hoped that Paige was ok. He hated not knowing. His head had started to ache and he could feel a pounding above his brow. He could feel the demon beside him starring at him but he did not want to look. He had adjusted pretty well to this magic thing, it was different, but he didn't mind.

"Do you not have any powers?" The demon asked.

"No. I don't." Henry still faced forward. He didn't think eye contact was a great idea.

"What good are you to her then? You're just a mere mortal."

"It's not me she's after." Henry turned to face him now. "She's after my wife. What did you do anyway, to be shackled up here, with NO powers?"

The demon gritted his teeth. "I told the queen looked fat. I didn't know she was pregnant. I'm not very high on the food chain anyway. She thought it would be amusing to strip my powers and lock me here."

"Oh. I guess she would be more hostile pregnant than a witch."

"No." The demon half smiled. "She's just a bitch anyway."

Henry laughed. He was starting to feel real thankful that his wife was just a witch and not the source. He was really starting to feel exhausted and the throbbing in his head was really starting to hurt. Henry let his head fall forward. He felt his eyes as they closed.

Paige was dreaming at that moment. She saw her and Henry there together with their baby boy. It was so real. She could even smell the scent of diapers. Just then she felt a slight tingle in her mind. Her thoughts started to spin and she saw a flash of light. She saw Henry chained to a wall and Christy levitating a stone straight at Henry and hitting him in the forehead. Her eyes opened.

"You ok?" Piper walked over to her. She had been watching her sister shake in her sleep.

Paige tried to sit up but the pain in her stomach had grown worse. "Henry's in trouble. We gotta hurry."

"We aren't doing anything. Prue!" Piper cried out.

In a flash of orbs, Prue appeared. "What is it? Are you ok?"

"Paige said Henry's in trouble."

"I had a, don't think I'm crazy." Paige hesitated. She wondered if what she had just had was like Pheobe's premonitions. "I had a vision of Henry. He was chained to a wall in the underworld and Christy hit him with a large rock thingy."

"Honey, you don't have visions." Prue walked over to her sister. She could tell that Paige was pretty shaken.

"She doesn't have visions, but her baby might." Piper looked from Prue to Paige.

"My baby?" Paige reached her had down to her belly. Could her son actually have the power of premonition?

"Ok, so we need to go to the underworld." Prue stood up, ready to go.

"Prue, you don't know where Christy is. She could be anywhere down there." Piper knew how hardheaded Prue was.

"Well, I'll just look till I find her. Where ever she is, Henry can't be far."

"Still, you can't vanquish her. Only the power of three can." Piper wished she could have rephrased that. She knew how much her sister hated not having her witch powers. The look on Prue's face told her how much that remark hurt.

"You're right." Prue hung her head in defeat.

As Andy orbed in beside Prue he let go of Billie's hand. The two of them had gone into the underworld looking for any sign of Henry. They had already been informed of the car accident as well as the fact that Henry was nowhere around. They had figured demons were involved.

"Any luck?" Piper asked Andy walked closer to Prue.

"No." Billie was trying not to sound as disappointed as she felt. "Every demon we tried to ask either didn't know, or didn't tell us. Bright side though, we vanquished four."

"Well." Piper looked at her older sister. "I think there's only one person left that we can call.

"No." Prue was giving Piper a look that shot chills down her spine. "I for one refuse to work with him."

"Prue, we don't have a choice. I know you don't want to, but you guys are the only ones who are able to fight. We can't risk sending three pregnant witches into the underworld." Piper was trying to talk in a sympathetic tone. She didn't want to argue with Prue about this.

"Piper, you can't ask me to do this. You know how I feel about him. Good or not, I can't ever trust him again."

"Please Prue." Paige was trying to keep the tears from falling. "Henry's my husband. I can't loose him."

Prue's heart broke as she watched her sister. "Ok, but I'm not calling for him."

Piper looked to the ceiling. "Cole!" She yelled.

In a scatter of red and white orbs Cole appeared. His thoughts were racing. He wasn't really scared of the sisters. It was more like guilt that filled his soul when he saw them. He wanted to make up for that now. He wanted them to know he was never going to let evil overtake him again.

"Look, you're the only one here who knows the underworld. We need you to help us find Henry." Prue was talking through gritted teeth. She dearly hated having to ask Cole for help.

"Ok. I think I know of a few places to start."

A small heart appeared next to Paige. Paige wiped away the tears as she saw Coop and Pheobe there with her. "I felt like something was wrong." Pheobe was looking at Paige.

"Are you're empathy powers working now?" Piper asked.

"I don't know. But something told me to get over here quick." Pheobe looked up and noticed Cole standing there.

Coop felt the skip in Pheobe's heart again. He tried not to let it show, but he felt it nonetheless.

"Ok, Piper can fill you in on everything. Ready?" Andy looked at Cole.

"Yeah, I'm ready." He held out his hand for Prue to take it.

"That's not necessary. I can orb myself." Prue turned her nose up at this gesture.

"Fine. Follow me." Cole orbed out first. Then Andy.

"Keep an eye on them, alright." Prue looked from Billie to Coop.

They both nodded their heads in unison as Prue orbed out behind the others. Pheobe looked from Piper to Billie. She could sense someone was feeling tense. She let her power take over her body and felt it coming from Billie. "You don't want to tell me, do you?"

Billie looked a little shocked. "Tell you what?" She was trying to play dumb, but she could tell Pheobe wasn't buying it.

Just tell her Billie, so I don't have to. Pheobe heard this in her head, it was more like a thought than anything else. She turned and looked at Piper. "So you don't have to tell me what?"

"I didn't say anything Pheobe. I thought it." Piper looked confused at her sister with a very confused expression on her face.

"I heard that thought." Pheobe looked at her sister. What was happening to her? Well I guess the hormones have gone to her head. Crazy though, I thought Piper would be first.

"I'm not hormonal Paige." She turned to her sister.

"What's going on here Pheebs? You're hearing our thoughts now?" Paige asked.

Uh-oh. Coop thought. He remembered his daughter in Pheobe's dream. She had the power to hear thoughts.

"What uh-oh Coop. What is it that you're not telling me?" Pheobe had turned to where she was facing her husband.

Coop cleared his throat. "Um, honey, I think our little girl is sharing her powers with you."

"You think she has the power to read thoughts?"

"Just call it a hint. Trust me."

"Makes sense. Paige's baby sent her a premonition." Piper looked from Pheobe to Paige.

"A premonition? You mean he takes after his Aunt Pheobe?" This thought felt kind of good to Pheobe.

"Yea, I think my little boy just might." Paige looked up at her sister with a smile.

"Guess I better tell you what's going on." Billie started explaining everything to her sister. Pheobe listened but found it hard to concentrate with everyone's thoughts running though her head.

It's going to be a long night. She thought to herself.