A/N- Fanfic did it again. It made everything three large paragraphs
and bunched it together. So, once again, I have put spaces between each
paragraph and quote. Sorry!! Please don't hold it against me! Lol.
Wyatt grinned at his mother and aunts. His eyes then focused on Melinda. He stepped towards her. Melinda pulled the covers tighter around herself, fear dancing in her eyes.
"Don't! Don't go near her, Wyatt, or I swear, I'll kill you!" Piper shrieked. Balling her hand into fists. Behind her, Phoebe and Paige were tense, watching and waiting.
"Try it, mother. I dare you to." Wyatt grinned; his mom hadn't moved an inch. "That's right. You can't. You never have been able to vanquish me before, so why should now be any different?
"Was it you? Were you the one following Melinda home tonight?" Piper demanded, her voice shaking with anger and fear.
Wyatt nodded, grinning more. "It was. It always has been. And tonight, I will succeed. I will bring her with me and watch you suffer the loss of another child."
"NO!!" Piper shrieked, tears stinging her eyes. She ran forward, but was knocked back by an invisible force. Phoebe and Paige grabbed her before she could fall.
Wyatt laughed. "I knew you wouldn't do anything to stop me," he said dryly. He turned and looked at Melinda again. He forced himself to smile kindly at her as he stepped forward, hand out towards her. "Come on, Melinda. Come with me."
"No! Melinda, don't!" Piper cried. She tried to run forward again, but the invisible force field pushed her backward into her sisters again. "No, no, no! Get away from her!" she shrieked, tears clouding her vision.
Melinda starred at Wyatt. She didn't know what to do or who to trust, not anymore. She was still unsure of what her mom had done to stop that dagger. It scared her. But she also knew that something was different about her eldest brother. Why would he try to hurt his own mom?
Wyatt smirked. He saw the confusion and fear in his little sisters eyes. And he loved it. "Come on, Melinda. Come with me. We can get some ice cream."
"I don't want ice cream . . ." Melinda murmured.
Wyatt scowled. "Fine. We can do this the hard way." He stepped closer to Melinda.
"No! Leave her alone!" Piper shrieked. She tried to run forward, but Phoebe and Paige held her back.
"Piper, stop. You'll only get thrown backwards again!" Paige hissed.
"But Melinda! He's going to take Melinda!" Piper sobbed, fighting to break free of her sisters.
Wyatt grinned at Piper, then took another step forward and snatched Melinda off her bed, holding her to him. The little girl shrieked and flailed. Wyatt smirked at Piper, then shimmered out of the room.
Piper finally broke free of her sisters and ran forward. The invisible force field had broken the instant Wyatt had shimmered out of the room. Piper fell to her knees sobbing.
Suddenly, Chris ran in behind Phoebe and Paige. His eyes were red and puffy. His hair was shaggy and he looked as if he had just awoken.
"What's going on? Where's Melinda?" Chris asked.
"She's gone. Wyatt took her," Phoebe replied, not looking at him.
Chris looked ready to kill someone. "And you didn't stop him?? You didn't try to stop him??"
Piper stood and spun around. "Of course we did! He used magic on us! He had an invisible force field that he used to hold us back. I tried, Chris. I tried. Do you think I'd willingly let him take away my daughter?" She screamed.
The room fell silent. No one spoke. What was there to be said?
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Wyatt paced the room, glancing at Melinda once in awhile. He had tied her hands behind her back and around a metal pole. He had tied her legs together around her ankles and he had gagged her. She was struggling with the ropes, trying to break them. Tears ran down her face. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying. Several times, she had tried to say something to him, but the gag had prevented this. He moved to her and knelt down in front of her. He stroked her hair; she pulled her head away from his hand, her eyes narrowed with hate.
"Now, now. Is that any way to behave? It isn't like I was going to . . .hurt you." He smirked a bit.
Melinda said something, but it was muffled. Wyatt lowered the gag.
"I thought you were my brother and I thought you loved me!" Melinda yelled.
"Oh, I do, Melinda." Wyatt smirked.
"So let me go home!!" Melinda whined.
Wyatt laughed. "I can't do that, Melinda. You're my leverage, the thing that will force Piper and her stupid sisters to give me their powers."
"Powers? What powers?" Melinda asked, eyes wide. Powers? Was that how her mom had stopped that dagger?
"You are so naïve, little girl," Wyatt commented, shaking his head. Then, a thought struck him. "That, or my smart-ass mother kept magic hidden from you somehow . . ." Melinda shook her head. "I don't know what you're talking about and I want to go home!" she cried.
"You aren't going home!" Wyatt yelled, standing and throwing a fireball at the wall to his right.
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Piper paced the kitchen, dabbing her eyes with a tissue. She wondered what Leo was doing and if he knew Melinda had been kidnapped. She had been debating whether or not to call him and tell him. She hadn't seen him in almost five years. And what could he do? Go to Wyatt and take Melinda back? It wouldn't do any good. Leo would get himself killed and Wyatt would only try again.
Paige entered the kitchen. She frowned at Piper, then went over to her and hugged her. "It's all right, honey. We'll get Melinda back." She guided Piper to the table and sat her down, then sat as well.
"How? How can it be all right? My son kidnapped his little sister. He could be hurting her right now, or worse," Piper snapped, but her voice was low. "Or she could be dead."
"Oh, honey, don't think that. Please don't. We need to hope for the best," Paige said softly.
Piper shrugged a bit. "I just want my daughter back, Paige. I don't care what it takes. I want her back."
"And you'll get her back, just as soon as we can figure out a way to get past Wyatt," said a strange, yet familiar voice from behind Piper.
Piper frowned and turned in her seat. Her eyes widened in shock. "Leo . . . "
Wyatt grinned at his mother and aunts. His eyes then focused on Melinda. He stepped towards her. Melinda pulled the covers tighter around herself, fear dancing in her eyes.
"Don't! Don't go near her, Wyatt, or I swear, I'll kill you!" Piper shrieked. Balling her hand into fists. Behind her, Phoebe and Paige were tense, watching and waiting.
"Try it, mother. I dare you to." Wyatt grinned; his mom hadn't moved an inch. "That's right. You can't. You never have been able to vanquish me before, so why should now be any different?
"Was it you? Were you the one following Melinda home tonight?" Piper demanded, her voice shaking with anger and fear.
Wyatt nodded, grinning more. "It was. It always has been. And tonight, I will succeed. I will bring her with me and watch you suffer the loss of another child."
"NO!!" Piper shrieked, tears stinging her eyes. She ran forward, but was knocked back by an invisible force. Phoebe and Paige grabbed her before she could fall.
Wyatt laughed. "I knew you wouldn't do anything to stop me," he said dryly. He turned and looked at Melinda again. He forced himself to smile kindly at her as he stepped forward, hand out towards her. "Come on, Melinda. Come with me."
"No! Melinda, don't!" Piper cried. She tried to run forward again, but the invisible force field pushed her backward into her sisters again. "No, no, no! Get away from her!" she shrieked, tears clouding her vision.
Melinda starred at Wyatt. She didn't know what to do or who to trust, not anymore. She was still unsure of what her mom had done to stop that dagger. It scared her. But she also knew that something was different about her eldest brother. Why would he try to hurt his own mom?
Wyatt smirked. He saw the confusion and fear in his little sisters eyes. And he loved it. "Come on, Melinda. Come with me. We can get some ice cream."
"I don't want ice cream . . ." Melinda murmured.
Wyatt scowled. "Fine. We can do this the hard way." He stepped closer to Melinda.
"No! Leave her alone!" Piper shrieked. She tried to run forward, but Phoebe and Paige held her back.
"Piper, stop. You'll only get thrown backwards again!" Paige hissed.
"But Melinda! He's going to take Melinda!" Piper sobbed, fighting to break free of her sisters.
Wyatt grinned at Piper, then took another step forward and snatched Melinda off her bed, holding her to him. The little girl shrieked and flailed. Wyatt smirked at Piper, then shimmered out of the room.
Piper finally broke free of her sisters and ran forward. The invisible force field had broken the instant Wyatt had shimmered out of the room. Piper fell to her knees sobbing.
Suddenly, Chris ran in behind Phoebe and Paige. His eyes were red and puffy. His hair was shaggy and he looked as if he had just awoken.
"What's going on? Where's Melinda?" Chris asked.
"She's gone. Wyatt took her," Phoebe replied, not looking at him.
Chris looked ready to kill someone. "And you didn't stop him?? You didn't try to stop him??"
Piper stood and spun around. "Of course we did! He used magic on us! He had an invisible force field that he used to hold us back. I tried, Chris. I tried. Do you think I'd willingly let him take away my daughter?" She screamed.
The room fell silent. No one spoke. What was there to be said?
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Wyatt paced the room, glancing at Melinda once in awhile. He had tied her hands behind her back and around a metal pole. He had tied her legs together around her ankles and he had gagged her. She was struggling with the ropes, trying to break them. Tears ran down her face. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying. Several times, she had tried to say something to him, but the gag had prevented this. He moved to her and knelt down in front of her. He stroked her hair; she pulled her head away from his hand, her eyes narrowed with hate.
"Now, now. Is that any way to behave? It isn't like I was going to . . .hurt you." He smirked a bit.
Melinda said something, but it was muffled. Wyatt lowered the gag.
"I thought you were my brother and I thought you loved me!" Melinda yelled.
"Oh, I do, Melinda." Wyatt smirked.
"So let me go home!!" Melinda whined.
Wyatt laughed. "I can't do that, Melinda. You're my leverage, the thing that will force Piper and her stupid sisters to give me their powers."
"Powers? What powers?" Melinda asked, eyes wide. Powers? Was that how her mom had stopped that dagger?
"You are so naïve, little girl," Wyatt commented, shaking his head. Then, a thought struck him. "That, or my smart-ass mother kept magic hidden from you somehow . . ." Melinda shook her head. "I don't know what you're talking about and I want to go home!" she cried.
"You aren't going home!" Wyatt yelled, standing and throwing a fireball at the wall to his right.
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Piper paced the kitchen, dabbing her eyes with a tissue. She wondered what Leo was doing and if he knew Melinda had been kidnapped. She had been debating whether or not to call him and tell him. She hadn't seen him in almost five years. And what could he do? Go to Wyatt and take Melinda back? It wouldn't do any good. Leo would get himself killed and Wyatt would only try again.
Paige entered the kitchen. She frowned at Piper, then went over to her and hugged her. "It's all right, honey. We'll get Melinda back." She guided Piper to the table and sat her down, then sat as well.
"How? How can it be all right? My son kidnapped his little sister. He could be hurting her right now, or worse," Piper snapped, but her voice was low. "Or she could be dead."
"Oh, honey, don't think that. Please don't. We need to hope for the best," Paige said softly.
Piper shrugged a bit. "I just want my daughter back, Paige. I don't care what it takes. I want her back."
"And you'll get her back, just as soon as we can figure out a way to get past Wyatt," said a strange, yet familiar voice from behind Piper.
Piper frowned and turned in her seat. Her eyes widened in shock. "Leo . . . "