Chapter 2
"It's not working." Leo exclaimed, with his hands over Camryn, which was on the couch. Leo was trying desperately to heal her.
"Leo it has to work." Piper argued.
"Well Piper, it's not." Leo continued, as his voice grew more and more panicky.
"Then were going to have to take her to the e.r" Phoebe said. "I'll get the keys."
"No," a weak voice cried. "They'll find me their." Camryn started coughing.
"Who will find you?" Phoebe asks kneeling to be at Camryn's level.
"Sydney!" Camryn managed to get out in between coughs.
"Who's Sydney?" Phoebe asked again. Camryn shook her head.
"Sydney!" Camryn called again. A girl orbed in, but instead of blue orbs, she had a mix of gold and silver orbs. She ran over to Camryn and focused her blue eyes on her. "Sydney, just heal me the normal way, my head is killing me, literally." Camryn suggested.
Sydney just focused even harder on Camryn, until finally a mix of gold and silver light surrounded her, and Camryn was healed. "What'd ya do?" Sydney asked.
"All I did was try to vanquish a stupid demon. But that didn't work out to well." Camryn explained, in a baby voice similar to Phoebe's.
"I told you not to go after him." Sydney teased.
"Sydney, you're my older sister, you tell me not to do everything." Camryn joked.
"So, you-" Sydney started.
"Sydney, I am trying to thank people here. " Camryn pointed out.
"Well, don't thank us yet." Phoebe said.
"Why not?" Camryn asked.
"He's the reason you're here." Phoebe continued, pointing to Cole.
"Phoebe," Cole sighed.
"You didn't like to hear people scream much did you?" Camryn asked Cole. Cole just sat in the chair, wondering why she would ask such a question. "What do you mean?" Cole asked.
"Well, I've had to go through that before, that's how I knew not to fight it. Most demons' victims screamed for a long time, but yours weren't very, um, most of the pain was quick. That means they had a quick death. I could tell you didn't like to make people suffer, even though you might not want to admit it." Camryn explained. Phoebe looked at Cole. "Now can I say thank you?" Camryn pleaded. Phoebe giggled. "You don't need to." Paige said.
"Camryn, are you coming?" Sydney asked holding out her hand.
"No." Camryn replied. "I'm not going back to, those things Social Services call people." Paige looked offended.
"Camryn-" Sydney started.
"What Sydney? We sleep in the basement, on floats you would normally use at a pool. The last time we ate good food, was at our old foster family. There is no way in, heck I'm going back there."
"Ca-"
"No, end of discussion."
"We-"
"Shhh." Sydney finally gave up. Phoebe, Cole, Piper, Leo and Paige were looking extremely confused.
"You have an extremely comfortable couch." Camryn complemented.
"Thanks." Piper replied. Just then the doorbell rung. "I'll get it," Leo announced.
Leo calmly walked over too the door and opened it. He was surprised to see Darrel's very unhappy face there. "Hey, Darrel, what's up?" Leo asked. Without answering Leo's question he let himself in. "What's up? I'll tell you what's up. Does this look like anything supernatural to you?" Darrel questioned as he showed Leo pictures of someone's murder. Leo took the pictures and started to examine them.
"Not really." Leo answered.
"Not really? Not really!" Darrel yelled. "There's carvings on this guys back Leo! Strange, sinister carvings." Leo, shocked, tried to calm Darrel down.
Piper in the other room heard the yelling and began to get worried. "We'll be right back." Piper said grabbing Phoebe, Paige and Cole. Camryn and Sydney nodded.
"What's going on?" Paige asked. Darrel rolled his eyes.
"Look." He replied showing them the pictures.
"Eww!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Is that all you have to say? You better find out what this is, and soon." Darrel scolded.
"Ok, Darrel, calm down, we'll figure this out, but I don't think this is how demon's kill." Phoebe suggested in her baby voice. The Halliwells led Darrel into the living room, where Camryn and Sydney were waiting.
"Ahh!" Camryn said as she jumped behind the couch and ducked. Sydney's eyes widened. "Camryn Turner?" Darrel asked, trying to see behind the couch. "Nope, I'm Zoe Reed." Camryn answered in an obvious disguised voice. "Then how come you're hiding behind the couch?" Darrel asked.
"Um, because I'm having a really bad hair day." Camryn replied.
"Try again." Darrel played along.
"Because I'm looking for dust bunnies, I have a collection ya know." Camryn said.
"Again."
"Because, um, I'm playing hide and seek with Sydney, don't tell her where I am."
"One more time Camryn."
"Because I hate those stupid foster parents that hate me even more." Camryn admitted.
"There we go. Camryn, just come with me."
"No."
"Why?"
"Um, because a lot of reasons!"
"Name them."
"There are too many to name."
"Camryn." Darrel warns. Camryn sighs.
"Because, my foster family sucks, I haven't found ANY dust bunnies yet, my hair is sticking up like a porky pine, and Sydney hasn't found me yet, AND Zoe likes it behind here. Oh, yeah, did I mention that my foster parents suck?" Camryn explains. Darrel looks at Sydney for help.
"Camryn," Sydney starts.
"It's Zoe."
"Right, Zoe, get used to your foster family, vacuumed and you'll find tons of dust bunnies, use some conditioner on your hair, get over your identity crises, get used to your foster family, and oh, yeah, I've found ya." Sydney finishes looking down, behind the couch. Camryn gets up and walks over to Darrel. "Shotgun?" She asks in her baby voice.
"Fine, my cars out side, wait there, you too Sydney."
"Bye, guys, thanks for everything." Camryn says before walking out the door.
"Ditto." Sydney says, following Camryn.
"Bye, and thank you!" Phoebe says, smiling. "Here is our phone number, call us if you need help with any supernatural problems."
Turning to Darrel, Piper asks, "What was that about?"
"Oh, Camryn has some problem with her foster folks. She runs away, only from them though. I'm the one in charge of finding her and bringing her back." Darrel explains, watching Camryn and Sydney, making sure they get in the car.
"Well, doesn't that tell you something?" Paige asks, "If Camryn only runs away from them maybe there really is a problem with them."
"I doubt that. Camryn is really a cool kid, fun to be around, but she can't get over some things." Paige nods.
"So who is that guy?" Piper asks, changing the subject.
"Actually, it's Sydney and Camryn's neighbor. He was found this morning but some kid. You guys are going to need to stop by later and take a look at it." Darrel says handing Leo the address.
"It's not working." Leo exclaimed, with his hands over Camryn, which was on the couch. Leo was trying desperately to heal her.
"Leo it has to work." Piper argued.
"Well Piper, it's not." Leo continued, as his voice grew more and more panicky.
"Then were going to have to take her to the e.r" Phoebe said. "I'll get the keys."
"No," a weak voice cried. "They'll find me their." Camryn started coughing.
"Who will find you?" Phoebe asks kneeling to be at Camryn's level.
"Sydney!" Camryn managed to get out in between coughs.
"Who's Sydney?" Phoebe asked again. Camryn shook her head.
"Sydney!" Camryn called again. A girl orbed in, but instead of blue orbs, she had a mix of gold and silver orbs. She ran over to Camryn and focused her blue eyes on her. "Sydney, just heal me the normal way, my head is killing me, literally." Camryn suggested.
Sydney just focused even harder on Camryn, until finally a mix of gold and silver light surrounded her, and Camryn was healed. "What'd ya do?" Sydney asked.
"All I did was try to vanquish a stupid demon. But that didn't work out to well." Camryn explained, in a baby voice similar to Phoebe's.
"I told you not to go after him." Sydney teased.
"Sydney, you're my older sister, you tell me not to do everything." Camryn joked.
"So, you-" Sydney started.
"Sydney, I am trying to thank people here. " Camryn pointed out.
"Well, don't thank us yet." Phoebe said.
"Why not?" Camryn asked.
"He's the reason you're here." Phoebe continued, pointing to Cole.
"Phoebe," Cole sighed.
"You didn't like to hear people scream much did you?" Camryn asked Cole. Cole just sat in the chair, wondering why she would ask such a question. "What do you mean?" Cole asked.
"Well, I've had to go through that before, that's how I knew not to fight it. Most demons' victims screamed for a long time, but yours weren't very, um, most of the pain was quick. That means they had a quick death. I could tell you didn't like to make people suffer, even though you might not want to admit it." Camryn explained. Phoebe looked at Cole. "Now can I say thank you?" Camryn pleaded. Phoebe giggled. "You don't need to." Paige said.
"Camryn, are you coming?" Sydney asked holding out her hand.
"No." Camryn replied. "I'm not going back to, those things Social Services call people." Paige looked offended.
"Camryn-" Sydney started.
"What Sydney? We sleep in the basement, on floats you would normally use at a pool. The last time we ate good food, was at our old foster family. There is no way in, heck I'm going back there."
"Ca-"
"No, end of discussion."
"We-"
"Shhh." Sydney finally gave up. Phoebe, Cole, Piper, Leo and Paige were looking extremely confused.
"You have an extremely comfortable couch." Camryn complemented.
"Thanks." Piper replied. Just then the doorbell rung. "I'll get it," Leo announced.
Leo calmly walked over too the door and opened it. He was surprised to see Darrel's very unhappy face there. "Hey, Darrel, what's up?" Leo asked. Without answering Leo's question he let himself in. "What's up? I'll tell you what's up. Does this look like anything supernatural to you?" Darrel questioned as he showed Leo pictures of someone's murder. Leo took the pictures and started to examine them.
"Not really." Leo answered.
"Not really? Not really!" Darrel yelled. "There's carvings on this guys back Leo! Strange, sinister carvings." Leo, shocked, tried to calm Darrel down.
Piper in the other room heard the yelling and began to get worried. "We'll be right back." Piper said grabbing Phoebe, Paige and Cole. Camryn and Sydney nodded.
"What's going on?" Paige asked. Darrel rolled his eyes.
"Look." He replied showing them the pictures.
"Eww!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Is that all you have to say? You better find out what this is, and soon." Darrel scolded.
"Ok, Darrel, calm down, we'll figure this out, but I don't think this is how demon's kill." Phoebe suggested in her baby voice. The Halliwells led Darrel into the living room, where Camryn and Sydney were waiting.
"Ahh!" Camryn said as she jumped behind the couch and ducked. Sydney's eyes widened. "Camryn Turner?" Darrel asked, trying to see behind the couch. "Nope, I'm Zoe Reed." Camryn answered in an obvious disguised voice. "Then how come you're hiding behind the couch?" Darrel asked.
"Um, because I'm having a really bad hair day." Camryn replied.
"Try again." Darrel played along.
"Because I'm looking for dust bunnies, I have a collection ya know." Camryn said.
"Again."
"Because, um, I'm playing hide and seek with Sydney, don't tell her where I am."
"One more time Camryn."
"Because I hate those stupid foster parents that hate me even more." Camryn admitted.
"There we go. Camryn, just come with me."
"No."
"Why?"
"Um, because a lot of reasons!"
"Name them."
"There are too many to name."
"Camryn." Darrel warns. Camryn sighs.
"Because, my foster family sucks, I haven't found ANY dust bunnies yet, my hair is sticking up like a porky pine, and Sydney hasn't found me yet, AND Zoe likes it behind here. Oh, yeah, did I mention that my foster parents suck?" Camryn explains. Darrel looks at Sydney for help.
"Camryn," Sydney starts.
"It's Zoe."
"Right, Zoe, get used to your foster family, vacuumed and you'll find tons of dust bunnies, use some conditioner on your hair, get over your identity crises, get used to your foster family, and oh, yeah, I've found ya." Sydney finishes looking down, behind the couch. Camryn gets up and walks over to Darrel. "Shotgun?" She asks in her baby voice.
"Fine, my cars out side, wait there, you too Sydney."
"Bye, guys, thanks for everything." Camryn says before walking out the door.
"Ditto." Sydney says, following Camryn.
"Bye, and thank you!" Phoebe says, smiling. "Here is our phone number, call us if you need help with any supernatural problems."
Turning to Darrel, Piper asks, "What was that about?"
"Oh, Camryn has some problem with her foster folks. She runs away, only from them though. I'm the one in charge of finding her and bringing her back." Darrel explains, watching Camryn and Sydney, making sure they get in the car.
"Well, doesn't that tell you something?" Paige asks, "If Camryn only runs away from them maybe there really is a problem with them."
"I doubt that. Camryn is really a cool kid, fun to be around, but she can't get over some things." Paige nods.
"So who is that guy?" Piper asks, changing the subject.
"Actually, it's Sydney and Camryn's neighbor. He was found this morning but some kid. You guys are going to need to stop by later and take a look at it." Darrel says handing Leo the address.