"Phoebe?" Leo walks into the conservatory and pulls up sharply when he
sees Piper. She is reading to Wyatt who is sitting contentedly in his
mother lap. Chris is sleeping in his basket nearby. The scene is
enchanting to Leo and despite his worries he smiles.
"Hey Piper."
She doesn't look up, merely interrupts her story to say, "She went out"
Leo is surprised. "Sorry, what?"
"Phoebe went out." She carries on reading.
"Oh" He moves closer. "Ah, Dougle Dragon he loves that"
Piper doesn't speak or look up; she just carries on reading, it dawns on Leo that she has not looked at him since he entered the room.
"Piper, are you mad at me?"
"No, of course not"
"Dad da" Wyatt takes advantage of this gap in his reading to reach out for Leo, taking Piper by surprise and almost falling off her knee. Both Piper and Leo grab for him, their hands become a confused tangle around their son. Despite themselves they begin to laugh and each feels a lightness they have missed.
"Leo.."
The moment is interrupted as Leo suddenly looks up and orbs out. Piper slumps back, crushed again. She is startled when Leo reappears holding a struggling, writhing Paige.
"Get off me! Leo put me down now! Its not fair she started it"
Piper goes to help restrain Paige looking at Leo for an explanation
"I don't know, all of a sudden I felt her murderous intensions, I think that she was going to kill her Piper" He lets go of Paige as she suddenly goes limp in his arms.
"Who? Who was she going to kill? Will somebody PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON" The sound of her shouting wakes Chris who begins to cry. "Great! OK. Leo go get Phoebe, GO! Paige start talking and you" she says picking Chris up and rocking him gently "go back to sleep"
Leo orbs out and then quickly returns with Phoebe. Everyone looks at a subdued Paige. She tries to ignore them.
Exasperated, Piper asks "Well?"
"Well what?" off Piper's look she adds, "I don't know. I was talking to this woman at work, she was upset, she tore my shirt..."
"I think you will find she tore my shirt" Phoebe looks annoyed, but shuts up as Piper glares at her
"Your shirt, and then all of a sudden I was furious, angrier than I have ever been in my life and I just, I just wanted to kill her." She looks at her hands.
Concerned Phoebe puts an arm around her, "How are you feeling now honey?"
"I don't know. Awful. Ashamed. Guilty. Like I have let you all down, I could have really hurt her, maybe I did" she looks up at them. "What's wrong with me?"
Phoebe and Piper exchange looks "Andras?"
"Who?" Paige is confused.
"Some demon that infects people with rage, but we vanquished him" Phoebe looks at Leo "Didn't we?"
Piper snorts "I hate it when they come back" she notices Leo's distracted expression, it's the one he has when he is being called by the Elders and she is surprised when he doesn't leave "Aren't you going to find out what they want? They might actually have some information about this"
Leo shakes his head "No. We don't need them. In answer to your question Phoebe, yes, Belthazar did vanquished Andras, and no, Piper, he has not come back"
"That's a shame, 'cos I could have enjoyed vanquishing his sorry ass"
Leo continues, "It sounds like a Tagris. They are demons that feed off negative human emotions, not just rage, although anger is a favourite because it is so infectious. I know that some of the Elders suspected there might be one operating in the area. I am sorry Paige I hadn't realised that it might be where you are working".
Paige opens her mouth to say something tart, then remembers why Leo may have been preoccupied, and thinks better of it; she covers the gap by taking the fussing Chris from Piper's arms as Phoebe probes Leo with questions.
"So let me get this straight. Evil demons, that feed on negative emotions, don't prowl around war zones, funeral parlours or hospital wards they set up at people's places of work? That doesn't make any sense"
"Hey don't underestimate how much misery someone's job might cause their family" Piper spits out, and then occupies herself with Wyatt as they all look at her.
There is an awkward silence before Leo carries on "Piper is right. Although they are happy to feed on the intense feelings at the places you mention they prefer the continual drip of feelings like fear, ambition, anger, frustration, despair. It's a bit like, why be a hunter-gatherer when you can grow your own designer misery. You can't underestimate this" He pauses momentarily distracted by a call from the Elders before continuing. "Setting up at an office is perfect cover. They can operate undetected for years and the people they infect, go home to infect their friends and family and then bring all that collective energy back to work with them".
"So how do we kill them, because I do not want to feel that again?" says Paige, still shaken.
"Oh that's not too big a problem, they are relatively low level demons that tend to work alone. You just need to make sure you get all of their bits, otherwise they can reform"
"All of their what?"
"Bits. Mostly they just infect people with their presence, but when they attack they tend to disperse into tiny parts and invade their victims to destroy them from within"
The three sisters just stare at him in horror.
"What? You will be fine" he looks up, again distracted by an inaudible call, and then says meaningfully in Phoebe's direction "I have to go now"
Piper's annoyed. "I need you to watch the boys"
Leo again looks meaningfully at Phoebe, "Phoebe can watch the boys, she still doesn't have any active powers and I don't think it's a power of three thing" with that he orbs out, leaving Piper glaring at the place where he stood.
"Hey Piper."
She doesn't look up, merely interrupts her story to say, "She went out"
Leo is surprised. "Sorry, what?"
"Phoebe went out." She carries on reading.
"Oh" He moves closer. "Ah, Dougle Dragon he loves that"
Piper doesn't speak or look up; she just carries on reading, it dawns on Leo that she has not looked at him since he entered the room.
"Piper, are you mad at me?"
"No, of course not"
"Dad da" Wyatt takes advantage of this gap in his reading to reach out for Leo, taking Piper by surprise and almost falling off her knee. Both Piper and Leo grab for him, their hands become a confused tangle around their son. Despite themselves they begin to laugh and each feels a lightness they have missed.
"Leo.."
The moment is interrupted as Leo suddenly looks up and orbs out. Piper slumps back, crushed again. She is startled when Leo reappears holding a struggling, writhing Paige.
"Get off me! Leo put me down now! Its not fair she started it"
Piper goes to help restrain Paige looking at Leo for an explanation
"I don't know, all of a sudden I felt her murderous intensions, I think that she was going to kill her Piper" He lets go of Paige as she suddenly goes limp in his arms.
"Who? Who was she going to kill? Will somebody PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON" The sound of her shouting wakes Chris who begins to cry. "Great! OK. Leo go get Phoebe, GO! Paige start talking and you" she says picking Chris up and rocking him gently "go back to sleep"
Leo orbs out and then quickly returns with Phoebe. Everyone looks at a subdued Paige. She tries to ignore them.
Exasperated, Piper asks "Well?"
"Well what?" off Piper's look she adds, "I don't know. I was talking to this woman at work, she was upset, she tore my shirt..."
"I think you will find she tore my shirt" Phoebe looks annoyed, but shuts up as Piper glares at her
"Your shirt, and then all of a sudden I was furious, angrier than I have ever been in my life and I just, I just wanted to kill her." She looks at her hands.
Concerned Phoebe puts an arm around her, "How are you feeling now honey?"
"I don't know. Awful. Ashamed. Guilty. Like I have let you all down, I could have really hurt her, maybe I did" she looks up at them. "What's wrong with me?"
Phoebe and Piper exchange looks "Andras?"
"Who?" Paige is confused.
"Some demon that infects people with rage, but we vanquished him" Phoebe looks at Leo "Didn't we?"
Piper snorts "I hate it when they come back" she notices Leo's distracted expression, it's the one he has when he is being called by the Elders and she is surprised when he doesn't leave "Aren't you going to find out what they want? They might actually have some information about this"
Leo shakes his head "No. We don't need them. In answer to your question Phoebe, yes, Belthazar did vanquished Andras, and no, Piper, he has not come back"
"That's a shame, 'cos I could have enjoyed vanquishing his sorry ass"
Leo continues, "It sounds like a Tagris. They are demons that feed off negative human emotions, not just rage, although anger is a favourite because it is so infectious. I know that some of the Elders suspected there might be one operating in the area. I am sorry Paige I hadn't realised that it might be where you are working".
Paige opens her mouth to say something tart, then remembers why Leo may have been preoccupied, and thinks better of it; she covers the gap by taking the fussing Chris from Piper's arms as Phoebe probes Leo with questions.
"So let me get this straight. Evil demons, that feed on negative emotions, don't prowl around war zones, funeral parlours or hospital wards they set up at people's places of work? That doesn't make any sense"
"Hey don't underestimate how much misery someone's job might cause their family" Piper spits out, and then occupies herself with Wyatt as they all look at her.
There is an awkward silence before Leo carries on "Piper is right. Although they are happy to feed on the intense feelings at the places you mention they prefer the continual drip of feelings like fear, ambition, anger, frustration, despair. It's a bit like, why be a hunter-gatherer when you can grow your own designer misery. You can't underestimate this" He pauses momentarily distracted by a call from the Elders before continuing. "Setting up at an office is perfect cover. They can operate undetected for years and the people they infect, go home to infect their friends and family and then bring all that collective energy back to work with them".
"So how do we kill them, because I do not want to feel that again?" says Paige, still shaken.
"Oh that's not too big a problem, they are relatively low level demons that tend to work alone. You just need to make sure you get all of their bits, otherwise they can reform"
"All of their what?"
"Bits. Mostly they just infect people with their presence, but when they attack they tend to disperse into tiny parts and invade their victims to destroy them from within"
The three sisters just stare at him in horror.
"What? You will be fine" he looks up, again distracted by an inaudible call, and then says meaningfully in Phoebe's direction "I have to go now"
Piper's annoyed. "I need you to watch the boys"
Leo again looks meaningfully at Phoebe, "Phoebe can watch the boys, she still doesn't have any active powers and I don't think it's a power of three thing" with that he orbs out, leaving Piper glaring at the place where he stood.