Author's Note: I just wanted to thank those who have replied.:
Piper+leo4eva—as I said before, it's scary how you and I think a like
Magical Princess—thank you for your kind words
Taynna—thank you for the information on the triquetra.
StephieM—thank you
Goldstranger—yes, another cliffhanger. I have a habit of doing those.
Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or any of its characters. All right belong to the WB and Constance M. Burge.
~*Chapter 2: Demons in the Playpen*~ "Wait a minute. Are you telling me that girl is from the future? Like Chris?" At Piper's nod Phoebe let her head fall into her hands. "When will this end?"
"Apparently not soon enough," Piper mumbled. She crossed her arms in a vain attempt to ward off the chill from the attic. It had only been about ten minutes since she had talked to the girl from the future, and Piper was still unnerved at the thought of somebody else having to come back. What was so bad in the future that two people had to come back to set it right? What kind of evil could corrupt her son so bad that he created a world full of violence and corruption?
"You okay, Piper?" Shaking herself from her thoughts, Piper looked up too see Phoebe staring at her. "Yeah, I'm fine. My mind just kinda wondered there for a second."
"I know what you mean," Phoebe muttered. "First Chris is sent back to stop a demon from turning Wyatt evil, and now this girl comes back. Do we even know why she's here?"
"I left Chris in charge of finding that out."
"Great," Phoebe muttered under her breath. "Phoebe..."
"I know, I know. Lay off the guy. I just can't help feeling like he's hiding so much from us, and that in the end it could hurt us." Piper, who was now sitting on the couch, shook her head. "I can understand where you're coming from Phoebe but he can't tell us everything or he risks changing the future too much."
Slumping against the Book of Shadows Phoebe mumbled, "I know this. All I'm asking him to do is tell us who he is. Is that to much to—"
"Phoebe? Piper? Are you guys home?"
"We'll be down in a minute, Paige!" Piper yelled. She looked back to Phoebe who was once again flipping through the Book. "Well, let's go tell our darling sister that we have yet another future house guest."
"Paige is not going to like this," Phoebe said as her and Piper made their way out of the attic.
*Cut to conservatory* "I can't believe you vanquished the little guy's mother," Darryl muttered has him and Paige entered the conservatory. Looking at Darryl in horror, Paige hissed back, "You where the one who wanted me to vanquish the demon! What was I suppose to do, show pity because it was a mother?"
"Oh yeah, blame the cop."
Shaking her head in frustration Paige went over to the playpen and upon seeing Wyatt in it cursed under her breath. "Now where am I going to put him until..."
"Paige, where are you?"
"Um, in the conservatory!" She quickly motioned for Darryl to hand her the baby. As he did she whispered, "You go on a head and get out of here. I'll take care of Phoebe and Piper." Nodding his head, Darryl quickly left.
She was about to orb Wyatt's spare playpen down from the attic when she heard Phoebe and Piper's footsteps on the stairs. 'Not enough time!' she thought to herself, frantically searching for a place to put the baby demon. As a last ditch effort Paige turned around and placed the baby on the opposite side of Wyatt's playpen.
"Paige, sweetie, what are you doing?"
Spinning around Paige saw both her sister's standing in the conservatory doorway, a look of confusion on their faces. "Nothing," Paige said innocently.
"Yeah," Piper said sarcastically as she made her way towards her son's playpen. "When have you ever—what in the hell is that?" Turning around Piper saw that Paige had orbed a safe distance away from her and now stood behind Phoebe. "Paige, what is that in my son's playpen?"
"Um, a baby." Piper looked over her shoulder at the bundle and as she did it flicked its tongue out, revealing the pitch fork end. Piper's eyes went wide.
"That's not just any baby, Paige! It's a demon baby!"
"A demon baby?" Phoebe asked, bewildered. She crossed the room and looked into her nephew's playpen and saw the baby, who once again flicked its tongue. Spinning around, eyes wide, Phoebe hissed, "You put a demon baby in our nephew's pen? What were you thinking?!"
"I wasn't" Paige mumbled, wringing her hands together. "I just kinda freaked, okay? I've screwed up so many times in the past that I figured you two would just assume the worst! And it really wasn't my fault."
Piper raised an eyebrow. "Paige, storks just don't drop babies who have pitch fork tongues into houses."
"I know! What I'm trying to say is that Darryl called and asked me if I could come vanquish a demon that had been terrorizing people behind P3. So I did, only after vanquishing it, we learned that it was a mother."
"So instead of letting Darryl take care of it you thought it would be best to bring the demon child back to our house?"
"No," Paige said in frustration. "What were we suppose to do, take it child's services?"
Phoebe chuckled at Paige's last comment, but one stern look from Piper quickly shut her up. "I'm not accusing you of anything Paige," Piper said. "I just wished you had thought of a plan before bringing this child into our home where my toddler is."
"I understand that," Paige said. "Good," Piper mumbled. Taking a deep breath she rubbed her temples. "Besides, we have an even bigger issue upstairs."
"What do you mean a bigger issue?"
"As in we have a visitor upstairs," Phoebe explained. "The thing is, she's not from around here, if you get my drift." At first Paige didn't understand, but as she looked at her two sisters more and more, it finally dawned on her. "You don't mean..."
"Oh yeah," Piper said. "She's from the future."
Paige made one of her faces and Phoebe shook her head in agreement with her little sister. "Well if that's true then we have to—"
Just then a huge creature shimmered in behind Piper, grabbed her, and shimmered back out. "What the hell?" Phoebe cried, looking at the spot her sister had just occupied not even two seconds ago. Turning back to Paige she asked, "What was that?"
"I don't know," Paige said. "It defiantly wasn't a Manticore." At the confused look her sister gave her Paige sighed. "That's the demon I vanquished. It was a Manticore."
Phoebe held her sister's gaze a second longer and then, looking heavenward, cried, "Chris!" A beat later Chris orbed in and was quickly followed by another form or orbs, which materialized as the young girl from the future. "What are you doing down here?" Phoebe asked as the young girl looked around the manor. For a split second Phoebe got a vibe of loneliness from her, but it disappeared just as quickly as it had come. Phoebe looked at the girl, and when the girl smiled Phoebe knew that the girl knew she was an Empath.
"I'm here to change my future."
"Where have I heard that before?" Paige asked almost sarcastically. Chris threw her an evil look. The girl turned her attention from Phoebe to Paige, and with a note of sarcasm in her own voice, the girl said, "Trust me Paige, you want me to change the future. In mine none of the Charmed Ones survive evil's ultimate attack, and they're not the only ones who die..."
"We don't have time for this!" Phoebe cried, silencing both Paige and the girl. Taking a deep breath and running a hand through her short hair, Phoebe looked back to Chris. "We have a problem. Piper's missing."
"What?!" he cried. "How?"
"We don't know!" Phoebe said, throwing her hands in the air. "One minute we're talking about the demon baby Paige bought home and the next min—"
"Excuse me, did you just say baby demon?" Phoebe let her head fall towards Wyatt's playpen. Chris took a couple of steps forward and looking down, saw the baby demon. Turning to Paige he said, "What is that?"
"A Manticore's baby," Paige mumbled. "Great," Chris mumbled. "A demon is in the playpen with Wyatt and Piper's missing. Let me guess, you don't now what took her?"
"We thought it was a Manticore at first," Paige said. "But it really didn't look like one."
"Well we can't just stand around here argue about it all day," Phoebe sighed. "Chris, you go find Leo and bring him back to the manor as fast as you can. Paige, I want you to go see if you can scrye for Piper. Hopefully what ever took her doesn't have a magical force field. You," she pointed at the young girl. "Bring that baby up to the attic with you. I'll work on a vanquishing potion while you try to find out what shimmered Piper out of here."
With that Chris orbed out, Paige headed toward the kitchen, and after picking the baby up, the girl and Phoebe headed toward the attic. As all became quiet in the conservatory a blue and white portal appeared next to Wyatt's playpen. Out of it stepped a beautiful red headed woman wearing a dark green cape trimmed with black lace. She looked around, and upon seeing the playpen she made her way to it. Looking down she saw Wyatt staring up at her, but instead of activating his force field, he just simply giggled.
Smiling the woman whispered, "At least not everything has changed." With those words she blew Wyatt a kiss and orbed out...but in fire.
Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or any of its characters. All right belong to the WB and Constance M. Burge.
~*Chapter 2: Demons in the Playpen*~ "Wait a minute. Are you telling me that girl is from the future? Like Chris?" At Piper's nod Phoebe let her head fall into her hands. "When will this end?"
"Apparently not soon enough," Piper mumbled. She crossed her arms in a vain attempt to ward off the chill from the attic. It had only been about ten minutes since she had talked to the girl from the future, and Piper was still unnerved at the thought of somebody else having to come back. What was so bad in the future that two people had to come back to set it right? What kind of evil could corrupt her son so bad that he created a world full of violence and corruption?
"You okay, Piper?" Shaking herself from her thoughts, Piper looked up too see Phoebe staring at her. "Yeah, I'm fine. My mind just kinda wondered there for a second."
"I know what you mean," Phoebe muttered. "First Chris is sent back to stop a demon from turning Wyatt evil, and now this girl comes back. Do we even know why she's here?"
"I left Chris in charge of finding that out."
"Great," Phoebe muttered under her breath. "Phoebe..."
"I know, I know. Lay off the guy. I just can't help feeling like he's hiding so much from us, and that in the end it could hurt us." Piper, who was now sitting on the couch, shook her head. "I can understand where you're coming from Phoebe but he can't tell us everything or he risks changing the future too much."
Slumping against the Book of Shadows Phoebe mumbled, "I know this. All I'm asking him to do is tell us who he is. Is that to much to—"
"Phoebe? Piper? Are you guys home?"
"We'll be down in a minute, Paige!" Piper yelled. She looked back to Phoebe who was once again flipping through the Book. "Well, let's go tell our darling sister that we have yet another future house guest."
"Paige is not going to like this," Phoebe said as her and Piper made their way out of the attic.
*Cut to conservatory* "I can't believe you vanquished the little guy's mother," Darryl muttered has him and Paige entered the conservatory. Looking at Darryl in horror, Paige hissed back, "You where the one who wanted me to vanquish the demon! What was I suppose to do, show pity because it was a mother?"
"Oh yeah, blame the cop."
Shaking her head in frustration Paige went over to the playpen and upon seeing Wyatt in it cursed under her breath. "Now where am I going to put him until..."
"Paige, where are you?"
"Um, in the conservatory!" She quickly motioned for Darryl to hand her the baby. As he did she whispered, "You go on a head and get out of here. I'll take care of Phoebe and Piper." Nodding his head, Darryl quickly left.
She was about to orb Wyatt's spare playpen down from the attic when she heard Phoebe and Piper's footsteps on the stairs. 'Not enough time!' she thought to herself, frantically searching for a place to put the baby demon. As a last ditch effort Paige turned around and placed the baby on the opposite side of Wyatt's playpen.
"Paige, sweetie, what are you doing?"
Spinning around Paige saw both her sister's standing in the conservatory doorway, a look of confusion on their faces. "Nothing," Paige said innocently.
"Yeah," Piper said sarcastically as she made her way towards her son's playpen. "When have you ever—what in the hell is that?" Turning around Piper saw that Paige had orbed a safe distance away from her and now stood behind Phoebe. "Paige, what is that in my son's playpen?"
"Um, a baby." Piper looked over her shoulder at the bundle and as she did it flicked its tongue out, revealing the pitch fork end. Piper's eyes went wide.
"That's not just any baby, Paige! It's a demon baby!"
"A demon baby?" Phoebe asked, bewildered. She crossed the room and looked into her nephew's playpen and saw the baby, who once again flicked its tongue. Spinning around, eyes wide, Phoebe hissed, "You put a demon baby in our nephew's pen? What were you thinking?!"
"I wasn't" Paige mumbled, wringing her hands together. "I just kinda freaked, okay? I've screwed up so many times in the past that I figured you two would just assume the worst! And it really wasn't my fault."
Piper raised an eyebrow. "Paige, storks just don't drop babies who have pitch fork tongues into houses."
"I know! What I'm trying to say is that Darryl called and asked me if I could come vanquish a demon that had been terrorizing people behind P3. So I did, only after vanquishing it, we learned that it was a mother."
"So instead of letting Darryl take care of it you thought it would be best to bring the demon child back to our house?"
"No," Paige said in frustration. "What were we suppose to do, take it child's services?"
Phoebe chuckled at Paige's last comment, but one stern look from Piper quickly shut her up. "I'm not accusing you of anything Paige," Piper said. "I just wished you had thought of a plan before bringing this child into our home where my toddler is."
"I understand that," Paige said. "Good," Piper mumbled. Taking a deep breath she rubbed her temples. "Besides, we have an even bigger issue upstairs."
"What do you mean a bigger issue?"
"As in we have a visitor upstairs," Phoebe explained. "The thing is, she's not from around here, if you get my drift." At first Paige didn't understand, but as she looked at her two sisters more and more, it finally dawned on her. "You don't mean..."
"Oh yeah," Piper said. "She's from the future."
Paige made one of her faces and Phoebe shook her head in agreement with her little sister. "Well if that's true then we have to—"
Just then a huge creature shimmered in behind Piper, grabbed her, and shimmered back out. "What the hell?" Phoebe cried, looking at the spot her sister had just occupied not even two seconds ago. Turning back to Paige she asked, "What was that?"
"I don't know," Paige said. "It defiantly wasn't a Manticore." At the confused look her sister gave her Paige sighed. "That's the demon I vanquished. It was a Manticore."
Phoebe held her sister's gaze a second longer and then, looking heavenward, cried, "Chris!" A beat later Chris orbed in and was quickly followed by another form or orbs, which materialized as the young girl from the future. "What are you doing down here?" Phoebe asked as the young girl looked around the manor. For a split second Phoebe got a vibe of loneliness from her, but it disappeared just as quickly as it had come. Phoebe looked at the girl, and when the girl smiled Phoebe knew that the girl knew she was an Empath.
"I'm here to change my future."
"Where have I heard that before?" Paige asked almost sarcastically. Chris threw her an evil look. The girl turned her attention from Phoebe to Paige, and with a note of sarcasm in her own voice, the girl said, "Trust me Paige, you want me to change the future. In mine none of the Charmed Ones survive evil's ultimate attack, and they're not the only ones who die..."
"We don't have time for this!" Phoebe cried, silencing both Paige and the girl. Taking a deep breath and running a hand through her short hair, Phoebe looked back to Chris. "We have a problem. Piper's missing."
"What?!" he cried. "How?"
"We don't know!" Phoebe said, throwing her hands in the air. "One minute we're talking about the demon baby Paige bought home and the next min—"
"Excuse me, did you just say baby demon?" Phoebe let her head fall towards Wyatt's playpen. Chris took a couple of steps forward and looking down, saw the baby demon. Turning to Paige he said, "What is that?"
"A Manticore's baby," Paige mumbled. "Great," Chris mumbled. "A demon is in the playpen with Wyatt and Piper's missing. Let me guess, you don't now what took her?"
"We thought it was a Manticore at first," Paige said. "But it really didn't look like one."
"Well we can't just stand around here argue about it all day," Phoebe sighed. "Chris, you go find Leo and bring him back to the manor as fast as you can. Paige, I want you to go see if you can scrye for Piper. Hopefully what ever took her doesn't have a magical force field. You," she pointed at the young girl. "Bring that baby up to the attic with you. I'll work on a vanquishing potion while you try to find out what shimmered Piper out of here."
With that Chris orbed out, Paige headed toward the kitchen, and after picking the baby up, the girl and Phoebe headed toward the attic. As all became quiet in the conservatory a blue and white portal appeared next to Wyatt's playpen. Out of it stepped a beautiful red headed woman wearing a dark green cape trimmed with black lace. She looked around, and upon seeing the playpen she made her way to it. Looking down she saw Wyatt staring up at her, but instead of activating his force field, he just simply giggled.
Smiling the woman whispered, "At least not everything has changed." With those words she blew Wyatt a kiss and orbed out...but in fire.
