THIEVES

NOTE: This is the sequel to Angel, Demon, Cousins. I own nothing. Only the characters I made for Travis and Melinda and anything else I make up.

A/N: I sort of got bored with "No Moms" so I decided to do a different sequel. Please don't sue me. I'll attempt to stick to this one, assuming I get enough reviews of interest. Got the hint?

       CHAPTER 2

"Leo, are you sure of what you saw?" Piper asked, flipping through the book of shadows.

          Leo and Melinda had just returned to the manor. Leo had spilled what he and Melinda had seen about the former pregnant woman. Piper, Leo, Melinda, and Phoebe were all in the living room.

"Piper, I know what I saw," said Leo. "As Melinda and I were leaving the pizza place we saw this demon just take a pregnant woman's baby with some type of… of…"

"Energy thing-y," Melinda supplied.

"What she said," said Leo.

"OK. I've just never heard of a baby snatching demon," said Phoebe.

"Is the woman OK?" asked Piper. "She is OK?"

"She's fine," said Leo. "I healed her husband and Melinda and I left before they could see us."

"Left?" Phoebe repeated. "This woman just lost her baby and the two of you bolted?"

"Well, what would you have suggested we done?" Leo asked.

"Well… OK. I have no clue. But something other than that," said Phoebe.

"All right. I'm here," said Paige, walking in the door. She went into the living room. "Tell me this is just a family meeting."

"We wish," said Piper. "However that's not the case."

"Melinda and I saw a demon take a pregnant woman's baby," Leo explained.

"Wait. Back up," said Paige. "The baby was taken from her womb? How is that possible?"

"Anything's possible with our lives, honey," said Piper, still looking through the book.

          Cole walked in. Travis wasn't far behind him. Both Cole and his son's workout clothes were covered in sweat. Travis looked around at the puzzled faces.

"What's going on in here? Did Melinda blow up another spell?" Travis asked. Melinda shot him a frown.

"No!" she snapped. "A demon showed up."

"A baby snatching demon," Phoebe added.

"Baby snatching?" Cole repeated.

"Do you know what it is?" Paige asked.

"No. I've never heard of anything like this," said Cole. "The only thing I know that comes close to this is transferring."

"What is transferring?" Leo asked.

"It's when a demon takes his own child from the mother's room and transfers it to another woman's room. But this demon that took the baby wasn't the child's father was it?" Cole asked.

"No. The woman's husband was unconscious," said Leo.

"OK," said Melinda, standing up from where she was sitting. "I don't get this. What's with the baby-grabbing thing? I mean this kind of thing defines bad. If demons can do this then—"

"Melinda, honey, I don't want you worrying about this. Maybe you should go relax," said Piper.

"What? Mom, I'm fine. I'm just saying—"

"It's OK, Melinda. Just go. We'll handle this," said Leo.

          Melinda sighed. Why was everyone treating her like she couldn't handle what was going on? She did after all have the witch gene. Melinda gave in and left out of the room. She went upstairs to her own bedroom. Life sucked.

A/N: Very sorry that this is so short. And I promise that this will get more interesting. But I need reviews. If you're not interested then why should I be?