kcbelles, thanks for your comment. My grandma is now on the road to recovery, thank God. I've been visiting her almost every day, but I'm writing whenever I can.

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A few days had passed since the Avatars and Titans were vanquished. The girls had gone through every idea they had to find Christy.

"Let's face it," Prue said. "The girl just doesn't want to be found."

"We'll find her," Phoebe said, although she didn't even convince herself.

"How, Pheebs?" Piper demanded. "We've scried for her and sent Cole all over the Underworld looking for her."

"Even the Elders are looking for her, and we've got every witch and magical being looking for her, too," Paige pointed out.

"This is hopeless," Prue declared.

Billie, Coop, Henry, and Leo entered the attic, where the sisters were venting their frustration.

"Billie had an idea," Leo said.

Cole shimmered in. "Good, because I'm running out of ideas."

Billie cleared her throat. "Why don't you guys try a Power of Four spell?"

"What kind of spell?" Piper asked.

"Like a locator spell. Use me to find her."

"How?" Prue asked.

"I'm her sister. We have a connection."

There was a pause as the sisters thought about the plan. "I like it," Paige finally said. "No harm in trying."

"Then, let's do it," Phoebe said, grabbing a pen and paper.

"Use the Power of Four

And the connection of Billie

To find her sister Christy"

The crystal remained stationary for a few moments, but then began to sway in the air slightly. Piper was holding the crystal in one hand, and was holding Phoebe's hand in the other. Phoebe was holding onto Paige's, who was also holding onto Prue's hand. Prue was holding Billie's hand. Piper held the crystal over a vague map of the Underworld. It wasn't much, but it was all they had.

The crystal finally flew out of Piper's hand and across the room. It landed on another map.

"Where did it land?" Prue asked. Billie ran over to the map and blanched. It was the map they usually use for scrying.

"What is it?" Henry asked.

"She's at the house where we grew up," Billie replied. "A family bought it a little while ago, though…"

"That means they're in danger," Cole surmised. "Let's go." He started to shimmer out, but Phoebe grabbed him.

"Hold on. What if it's a trap?"

"Phoebe, if we treat everything like it could be a trap, we'd never get anything done," Piper snapped. She grabbed Paige's hand. "Now, let's get with the orbing!"

Paige let go. "Piper, she's right. Christy's not stupid. Evil, but not stupid. We do have to treat everything like it's a trap."

Piper gave an exasperated sigh. "So what do you suggest?"

Prue spoke up. "Why don't the five of us go, and Cole stays here?"

Cole gave her a dirty look.

"I'm serious. If something happens to us, we need some serious firepower to back us up. We need the Power of Four in case Christy tries anything, and Billie to pacify Christy, right?"

"Sure," Cole agreed grudgingly.

"I think the five of us should go, and the rest of you should stay, then," Piper said.

"Piper—" Leo began, but Piper cut him off.

"Leo, there's nothing you can do if you go. I'm not sure we can do anything, either. Obviously Christy's got something up her sleeve, and I don't want Wyatt and Chris to lose both their parents in one battle."

Leo was silent.

"I don't want to come off as an over-protective husband, but…" Henry began. "Actually, I do. I think Leo's got a valid point here."

"Henry…" Paige said, trying to stop him from continuing. "We've had this conversation many times before."

"No, I've started it and you've brushed it off," Henry said.

Paige grabbed him by the shirt and began dragging him out of the attic and into the hallway. "Fine, but if we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it in private."

He pulled her hand free. "No, we're not! Every time I talk to you about this in private, you find some way to shrug it off! I want us to HAVE this conversation, dammit! I'm sick of starting it and never ending it!"

Paige didn't say a word.

"I love you, you know I love you! Why are you so ready to go? Do you want to leave me? Is that it?"

Paige shook her head "no." "Of course not!"

"Then, what is it? I know you've said it's too dangerous for me. I know it's your destiny. But those are just vague excuses that make it feel like you're not willing to open up to me, or that you're hiding something from me!"

"That's not it, either," Paige insisted, tears coming to her eyes.

"What is it, then, Paige? Every time I bring it up, you find some way to make me out to be stupid for asking! You tell me I'm being paranoid. You tell me I'm being stupid. You tell me I'm being unreasonable. You tell me I'm being irrational. But you never tell me why, Paige. Why?"

"Because I can't stand to think about it!" Paige finally screamed.

Henry stopped ranting and was silent for a moment.

"I'm not being vague, I'm being honest. It's too dangerous for you."

"But not too dangerous for you?" he shot back.

"No, it is too dangerous for me. The difference is that it is my destiny." She stopped herself and took a moment to compose herself. "Henry, what my sisters and I do is dangerous. We don't do it for kicks. Don't you think we'd give it up to spend a safe life with you guys? But we can't. We're the Charmed Ones. We can't just take our husbands with us. We can't just stay home. We can't just stop, because it never stops." She paused again. "I was hoping after the last big fight with Christy that we could just live normal lives. But the truth is, we're not normal. We'll never be normal. And who knows? Maybe I'll die young, maybe I'll live until I'm cursing a volunteer at a nursing home." She gave a half-chuckle. "Henry, honey, it just doesn't make sense to put you in the middle of a world that could kill you in a second. Nobody deserves that. I'm not trying to hide you from myself, or shut you out. I'm trying to protect you. Because if something happens to you, like it did to Kyle, I'd never forgive myself. I love you."

Everyone was speechless.

Henry finally spoke. "Paige, why didn't you say this before? You always shrugged me off; you never told me you were afraid of losing me like I was afraid of losing you…"

She sniffled. "Because I didn't want you to realize what a mistake you made marrying me."

"What? Paige, how can you say that?"

"Are you kidding me, Henry? We dated for a little while, got engaged, and then got married in the span of less than a year. It was so quick, and you are still adjusting to me being one of the most powerful witches on Earth. I thought if you realized just how dangerous it was, you'd run out of here as fast as possible. I wanted to protect you."

"I knew what I was getting myself into when I married you, Paige," Henry said quietly. "I knew I loved you, and that's all that mattered. I can learn to deal with everything else, but you have to give me a chance. Isn't it a bit unfair to assume that I'd run if I found out how dangerous it is?"

"I didn't think about that," she admitted quietly. "I should have."

There was another awkward silence. After what seemed like an eternity, Billie spoke. "Uhm, I know you're kind of in the middle of something, but… Shouldn't we get going? Christy's not gonna be there forever…"

Henry sighed. "Yeah, you're right. Go. Paige and I can always finish this conversation another time."

"Yeah," Paige agreed softly.

Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Billie held hands. "Bye, Henry," Paige said, as she orbed them out of the attic.

"Good luck," he said, too soft for her to hear.

The girls orbed into a relatively empty room. "Maybe she left?" Phoebe suggested.

"Somehow, I just don't see that happening," Piper snapped.

"Christy?" Billie called.

"I guess she's not here," Paige said.

"No, she's here; I can sense her," Billie said. "Christy, we know you're here. Just show yourself."

Christy, however, did not show herself. A couple seconds passed before there was a scream.

"Phoebe and Billie, stay here, in case it's a trap," Piper said. "You two, come with me." Piper, Prue, and Paige left the room, going up the stairs, where the scream had come from.

"Well, that was an interesting conversation between Paige and Henry," Phoebe said, once they were out of earshot.

"I'd say it was a long time coming," Billie replied. She kept her ears open in case Christy was trying to pull a fast one…

Piper walked into the first room upstairs, followed closely by Prue and Paige. They were all on edge. There was a wall to their right when they walked in. Straight ahead, there was nothing, so Piper cautiously peeked around the corner. "Oh, my God," she breathed.

There were a couple and two young kids tied to chairs, each of them gagged. There was a recorder. It was on a loop, which was obvious when another scream, identical to the one they had heard earlier, came from it.

"Where's Christy?" Prue asked.

"Downstairs," Paige realized, bolting downstairs.

Phoebe and Billie jumped when they heard the scream come from the room.

"Wait a sec," Phoebe said. "Didn't that one sound exactly like—"
"—Like the one that came from that room before?" Christy finished. Phoebe turned around to face her, but it was too late. Christy had already sent a fireball flying into Phoebe's chest. Phoebe went flying into a wall and was instantly knocked unconscious.

Billie was determined to fight her sister, but hesitated. This was all Christy needed, as she threw a potion at her, also knocking her out.

The three sisters came running down the stairs.

"I can't believe you guys fell for it," she sneered, teleporting out with Billie.

Paige ran to Phoebe and healed her.

"Well, this is great," Piper fumed. "Now, what?"

Authors Note:

Okay, less than a month isn't too bad, is it? Haha...

Thanks to those of you that asked how my grandma is doing. She's doing better -- I'm visiting her almost every day, so it cuts down some of my writing time. I write when I can. I actually finished this chapter yesterday, but I went over it to make it flow a bit better. The Paige/Henry part took the longest, but I decided to answer a request for more Paige/Henry. I hope I did it well...

As usual, leave a comment if you have a question, problem, critique, request, or anything else I might have missed. Thank you all for reading with me... From here on, it's just Christy vs. the Girls (I think).

KateB819