Disclaimer: Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell, Paige Matthews, Leo Wyatt, Cole Turner, and all other characters that have appeared in the series "Charmed" together with the names, titles, and background information are the sole copyright property of Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, and the Warner Brothers Television Network.  No copyright infringement was intended in the writing of this fan fiction.  Any other characters, this story idea, and this story itself are my own creation.

~*Fights Among Cousins*~

~Chapter 5: Jordan's Explanation~

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A/N: Sorry it took sooooooo long!!  I know I has been like three months or more and I am sooooooo sorry.  I had problems…my muse was on strike, then vacation, and when she wasn't on strike or vacation…that was when I had geometry.  Now you get to know most of what really went on at the manor.

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~Manor~

Candace finally looked and said, "We should get Bryce to try and heal him."

"Okay," Brianna said, "I'll stay here with Uncle Jordan and you go get them."

Candace ran out and found her three cousins in the kitchen.  They had gotten worried and came into look for Candace and Brianna.  She told them what her and Brianna had found.  They all ran back to the living room.  Bryce got there first and began to heal his dad.

Within a minute or so Jordan woke up, coughing.  Bryce asked, "Dad, are you okay?"  Jordan managed to nod between coughs.

Candace, Brianna, Whitney, and Prue had all managed to move away enough debris to sit down and Bryce was still in the floor on his knees when Jordan's coughing managed to subside.

As soon as Jordan caught his breath, he sat up, and said, "I'm fine."  Bryce got up off the floor and sat down beside his dad on the couch.

Everything was silent for a minute, but then Prue spoke up, "What exactly happened here, Uncle Jordan?"

"Well, I don't know exactly what happened, but I'll tell you what I do know," Jordan began, "Paige and I came in the back, through the kitchen door, because Paige needed to tell her sisters something before we went to work.  I had to take her to work because her car is in the shop, so I cam in with her."

Jordan paused and took a deep breath, "Piper was in the kitchen cooking something.  We sat down in the kitchen and had some coffee while Paige and Piper talked."

"Then the doorbell rang and we heard the door slam shut soon after.  Piper said, 'don't worry it's only Phoebe.  She never waits for anyone to answer the door.'  Next we heard someone come down the stairs," Jordan paused but then started having another coughing fit.  Whitney jumped up and ran to the kitchen and returned with a glass of water.  She handed it to her uncle.

After Jordan calmed down again he resumed the story, "I just assumed it was Leo coming down the stairs.  The next thing we knew there was a loud crashing sound.  Piper, Paige, and I ran in to the living room and found Cole and Leo unconscious on the floor and Phoebe fighting off the demon.  Next the demon caught Phoebe's leg mid-kick and flung her against the clock."

All this talking seemed to be wearing Jordan out.  He paused.  After about five minute Candace prompted him to go on, "What happened next, Uncle J?"

"Piper ran to Leo and Paige went to see if Phoebe was okay."  Jordan continued slowly, "I tried, pretty unsuccessfully, to fend off the demon, but after about a minute he threw me on the couch.  I landed pretty hard, but was okay.  Phoebe was back up and fighting with a little help from Paige while Piper tried to move Leo and Cole out of the line of fire.  That was when I tried to telepathically contact Prue, although I was kinda frantic.  After I was calmed down and said 'there is a' something hit the couch and it must have hit pretty hard because it caused me to blackout.  The next thing I knew I was waking up here and you were all here.  I have no idea where everyone went.

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.  Sorry again it took so long.  Questions?  Comments?  Criticism?  PLEASE REVIEW.

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