A/N: Thanks for the reviews. This one is another of the "sappy" stuff as one reviewer commented. It's a good thing no one minded! I promise- more action next chapter. Still, please let me know if you love it, hate it or if you have an idea of what you'd like to see next. I'm toying with killing a Charmed One. ducks the flaming comments What do you guys think?

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Wyatt sighed as he looked at his two oldest daughters, sitting sullenly on the couch in front of him. "Guys, you're killing me here. The whole family has been in the middle of a huge demon plot, and rather than sticking close to the only demon-free zones, you two decide to orb all over the world! You are SO lucky that Rei asked to play too. That Narji demon almost had you. Do you have any idea how much Narji acid can hurt you? It can kill you in seconds! And it's not even like you were playing across the street- you two were playing in Brazil!"

Keira glared angrily at Reilly.

"Keira, knock it off. Now!"

"I'm not doing anything!" She protested.

"You're glaring at Reilly like this is his fault."

"It is. He's a tattletale."

"It is not. You two decided to play in Brazil. You two decided not to tell Mommy or me where you were. And it was you two that heard all of this last week when you orbed to Pakistan! All Reilly did was ask if he could play too."

"We took our coats this time!" Kylie chirped.

Wyatt bit his tongue and fisted his hands on his hips in frustration. "That's it. You're both grounded. Emergency orbing only. I'm going to write a spell to ensure it."

Keira stomped her foot. "That's not fair!"

"No, Keira. What's not fair is scaring your Mommy and me. We didn't know where you were. And to block the ability to be sensed! Don't you get it Keira? I couldn't find you. I thought that a demon had either taken you or killed you! I can only thank God that your sister had the good sense to drop her sensing block when she saw that demon." Wyatt took a deep breath, realizing his voice was rising with his temper.

"So, I promise I won't orb anywhere anymore, daddy. Please don't write a spell." Keira begged.

"No, Keira. We did that last time, remember? You both promised. So now, you've proven that we can't trust you. I'm taking your orbs."

"You can't do that! They're our orbs! You have your own. It's not fair!"

"I can do it, Keira. I gave you those orbs, remember? I'm the original witch lighter. You got those orbs from me. I can take them back if I need to."

"You are not. Gramma Paige was first." She shot back snottily.

"KEIRA LILY HALLIWELL!"

"Wy! What's going on? Are the kids okay?" Chris appeared suddenly, breaking off Wyatt's roar.

Wyatt blinked at his brother's appearance. Chris was never exactly GQ, but he'd never looked quite so…Playgirl before, either. Chris was shirtless and barefoot, wearing only a pair of jeans with top button undone.

"Wyatt? I could feel your fear and anger. Where's the demon?"

"In Brazil." Wyatt muttered.

"What?"

"The girls decided to play Orb and Go Seek again. They blocked themselves from being sensed and went to Brazil. The only problem is, a Narji attacked. Luckily, Kylie unblocked herself as soon as she saw him shimmer in, and I got there just in time to stop him from blasting my babies to bits with his boiling acid!" Wyatt's voice had unconsciously risen again.

"Are you guys okay?" Chris asked his nieces.

"No, I'm not, Uncle Chris. Daddy's gonna take our orbs away! It's not fair!" Keira sulked as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"Keira, I know Daddy warned you about playing Orb and Go Seek, especially the international version. Am I right?"

"Uh-huh." She grunted.

"Okay. So, you need to give him a break. You scared him. So much so that I rushed over here half an hour after it happened, because he was giving off such loud distress signals, it triggered our emergencies only alarm."

"You always take his side!" She accused angrily.

"No always, but yeah. This time, I definitely am."

"Do you know emergency only orbs spell?" Wyatt asked, a bit calmer now that Chris was there. It had been like that since they were kids. If one got upset, nothing could calm them down faster than the presence of the other one.

"Yeah. It's a Time and Legend spell. I'll write it down, because we'll have to do it together."

"Okay. Sounds good. "Wyatt paused. "You girls know I love you more than anything. That's why I'm doing this. You need to be safe, even if it means from yourselves."

Keira refused to answer, choosing to glare at Chris and Wyatt instead. Kylie hung her head and softly apologized. "I'm sorry we scared you and Mommy. We jus wanted to have fun."

"I know, baby, but you can't have that kind of fun by yourselves."

"Please don't be mad at me."

"Wyatt pulled her into a hug. "I'm not mad, Ky. Not really. I'm scared and it makes me grumpy. But I'm still going to ground you and your sister's orbs."

She sighed. "I know."

"Here's the spell, Wy. I customized it for the girls."

Wyatt read it through quickly. "Yeah, that's good. Let's do it."

Time and Legend make it so

No orbs, no spells, no magic twitch,

For these two daughters of the Twice Blessed Witch.

For seven nights and seven days

Transport must come in other ways.

The only time this rule relax,

Is in the case of demon attacks.

Keira gasped. "Daddy? I feel weird."

Wyatt smiled a bit sadly. "I know, baby. It's the magic grounding your orbs. It will go away in an hour or so."

"How do you know? Maybe it went wrong! Maybe my magic all gone forever!" Keira started to cry.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Baby, I know how it feels because Gramma Piper and Grampa Leo used to ground Uncle Chris and my orbs when we were kids."

"Oh."

"Ok. Listen, why don't you two go and find Mommy."

They ran off as Wyatt sunk to the couch, burying his head in his hands.

"Rei, go orb home, ok? Tell Julia everything is okay. I want to talk to Uncle Wyatt for a minute."

"Okay, daddy. Thanks, Uncle Wyatt for…well, you know." Reilly answered.

Wyatt lifted his head. "You're welcome, pal."

Chris gave Wyatt a strange look as Reilly's orbs disappeared. "Something I should know about?"

"We went to the bridge. Rei didn't quite know how to feel about a new baby."

"Is he okay?'

"Yeah, he's good now. He just needed to hear that you'll always love him no matter what."

"He didn't know that? I tell him all the time!"

"He knew it, Chris. He just needed to hear it from someone else."

Chris sat heavily beside Wyatt. "Where do kids get this stuff from?"

Wyatt snorted. Probably the same place they get that orbing to Brazil is a good idea."

Chris chuckled. "At least yours was a magic thing. Mine is a kid thing. Harder to fix."

Wyatt glared. "Hah! Yours was easier to solve. You know Keira's plotting a way to break that spell. That is one pissed off little girl."

"She wouldn't be a true Halliwell if she didn't. C'mon, bro, we tried it."

"Yeah, and we succeeded!"

"Wyatt. Get a grip, huh? We finally broke Mom's spell when I was seventeen. And it wasn't a Power of Three spell. We used a Time and Legend spell. That's twice as strong as a PO3 spell. She's not going to break it in a week."

"Still." Wyatt sighed. "Chris, don't you ever just wonder if Mom wasn't right all those times she wished for a normal life without powers?"

"In a word- no."

"C'mon, you never thought it'd be easier if you only had normal kid issues?"

"Not really." He continued at Wyatt's look of disbelief. "Seriously. Look, how many kids and family have we seen torn apart? How many normal, non-magical people with everyday problems that get dragged into magical issues anyway? Normal kids get kidnapped, abandoned, abused, and even killed too. At least our kids have powers to protect themselves with. Normal kids have to sit and wait and pray for someone to rescue them. And that's if they have any hope at all. I'd love to see some dickhead try to take one of our kids. About the time that Rei fired up a fireball at his head, or Keira started to fly, or Kylie TK'd the weapon out of his hands, or Kati actually went invisible, he'd run off to check himself into the nearest loony bin. We don't have to worry that some freak accident is going to kill our kids. They can orb out of a car crash, just like Aunt Paige did when her parents died."

"No, we just have to worry about a demon stepping inside of their bodies as they step off the bus or shape-shifters pretending to be us luring them away."

"Normal kids have those problems too, Wy. The only difference is we know that those things can happen. We can prepare them. Like you did with Kylie. Apparently, she knew to drop a blocked shield when trouble showed up and call for you. A normal kid couldn't do that, even if they were only across the street when trouble arrived."

Wyatt smiled weakly. "I know you're right. I just…wonder. I mean, I guess the fact that Rei got kidnapped right in front of us is freaking me out. We couldn't stop him. And what's worse…when they get kidnapped by demons they are every bit as helpless as a normal kid."

"No, you're wrong, Wy. They know that we're looking and that we're coming. And they know that when we finally find them, that demon will regret the day he ever thought the name Halliwell."

"I'm just twitchy, Chris. I've got a bad feeling."

"Premonition bad?'

"No, just a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. A feeling of impending doom, actually."

"And the girls didn't help." Chris stated bluntly.

"Yeah, you can't believe the tings running through my head when Rei mentioned Orb and Go Seek."

"I c…"Chris was cut off by Abby's yell.

"WYATT!" She was running as she skidded to a stop.

"Oh God. A demon. I don't know how he did it. It must have been that Narji."

"What how did a demon get in here? Rei made his spell work to cover both our places when we got here." Chris jumped to his feet.

"No, I think that Narji from earlier. A demon took their orbs, Wyatt. You need to go find the demon and kill him for real this time."

Wyatt and Chris both stopped dead and slowly looked at each other. "Abby, baby, did the girls actually say it was a demon."

"Yes, of course! Wyatt, go! Why are you smiling? Our girls were attacked!"

"Because you're looking at the demon that took their orbs. Chris and I did it a few minutes ago as punishment for the Brazil game."

"Oh, thank God."

"I know we agreed that any big decisions should be made together, but you should have seen Keira. She's was actually indignant that I was going to punish her. She wasn't sorry, not even sorry that she'd gotten caught."

Abby snorted. "I'm not mad, Wyatt. I just wish you'd told me that's all. I mean, what if a demon attacks. They can't get out."

"We worded it so that if a demon attacks, the spell breaks temporarily so that they can orb out. It's the only exception."

"Oh, that's fine th… Oh My God! That little brat lied to me!" Abby shouted as the truth hit her. "Well, I hope she enjoys having no television or computer for the next month in addition to her no orbing."

Abby turned to leave then spun back around. "Chris, why are you half-naked?"

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"What do you mean; the Manor is protected from demons! That is preposterous!" Dargon thundered angrily.

"I…I'm sorry, sire. I just don't know what went wrong. One second, we were winning, and the next we landed back in the Underworld with a thud." The dark lighter shivered inwardly at the icy look in the Source's eyes.

"Sire!" An ugly, grey skinned demon flamed in. "I have news. Our messengers have found Maya's lair. The Charmed Sons have vanquished her again."

"And the evil Wyatt?"

"There is no sign of him."

"So he is trying to go on his own, hmm? Send out a search party. I want him found and brought back to me. No one will stop my plans. The final face off will happen. Soon."