AN: Thanks for your reviews, and to those who haven't and a while and did now, I hope you will continue and review for every chapter (as those of you who keep yourself invisible and still don't review... lol).

To answer a question that one of you asked; Yes, I did have the idea of Big Man in my head before I even started the fic, but I got carried away with the whole Piper-Leo relationship, so I introduced Big Man into the story a little late. I'm glad I did that tho, cause it cave you time to warm up to Piper and Leo ( I know you are all already fans of them, but in this story they are a lot different then the Piper and Leo we know...).

So anyway, on with the story, I hope you like this chapter and don't forget to review!

Chapter 22

OoO A Phone Call OoO

By the next day, Wednesday, the FBI was seriously involved.

Everyone was trying to work on figuring out what was on these files, but no one seemed to get anywhere.

Leo sat in front of his computer screen and for the hundredth time put a copy of the files in the computer.

As soon as the disk was in, the computer went black, then endless gibberish started running through the screen.

Numbers, letters or various languages... They were all codes of something no one could figure out.

He knew he couldn't let anything happen to Piper, but those files contained something and even if he decided to give them away for Piper, he wasn't the only one to make that choice. There were too many other people involved now.

He put his elbows on the table and leaned his forehead on them.

It was then that the phone rang.

"Wyatt here." He said, tired, assuming it was one of the agents who promised to call him with some information.

"Leo...?"

He thought he was dreaming.

The voice with belonged to a woman was so familiar it felt like a stab. A stab of hope.

"Piper?!" He practically shouted, jumping out of his chair.

"Leo, is that you?" She whispered.

"Where are you Piper??" He asked, feeling himself starting to sweat.

"I a... I don't know, somewhere in LA, Leo you have to help me... Big Man..." She mumbled.

"Where in LA? Are you in a hotel? Do you know what street? Talk to me Piper..."

"I don't know, it's some house, there's nothing around... Leo I'm scared..." he could almost feel the tears in her voice.

He never heard her that way before.

The tears and sorrow were familiar, but never was she scared, not Piper.

"Ok, ok, try to calm down... how did you find a way to call me?"

"I sneaked into a room... Leo I can't stay here any longer, they are mad, they are all mad..."

"Try to describe them to me, any names, something..." He said, and grabbed a pan and a paper, prepared to write anything she might know.

"Leo there are cameras, all over the building, your house..."

"I know, what else?"

"A guy, his son, his mane is Mark, he works for you... He is Bit Man's son Leo; he was there this whole time..."

"What does he look like Piper?" Leo asked, trying to ignore his out shock.

"Tall, black hair, and Dobbs, she... " and she stopped.

"Piper? Keep going..."

But she didn't continue and he started hearing someone else's muffled voice from the other side of the phone.

"Piper!"

"No, please... Wait!.. .No!... NO!... STOP!... LEO, HELP ME!................. LEO!!!... I need your help!... LEO..."

"PIPER!"

But the line went dead.

"Damn! FUCK!"

"Leo?" James asked, confused, walking into Leo's office.

"What happened?" He asked.

"It was Piper, she just called... But I lost her, someone cut us off."

"Wait, PIPER? Where is she? Did she say?"

"Somewhere in LA... Come on, we've got no time. You get Darryl; I'll be at the FBI." Leo called, and ran out of his office.

---OoO Half an Hour Earlier ---OoO---

Piper used the moment when she was finally alone in her room to creep into the hall.

She knew there must have been a telephone somewhere in that house, and one of the offices was the perfect place to look.

It wouldn't be under a camera, since it was probably either Junior's or Big Man's, and she knew that both of them were in another room on the west side of the mansion.

She stuck along the hall, tiptoeing until she reached the first office she remembered seeing the previous night.

She leaned her ear against the cold wooden door to check there is no one inside, and then slowly started opening the door.

Luckily, there was no one inside just like she hoped, and the phone was right there on the great cherry wood desk.

It seemed all too easy, but she just reached for the phone and with trembling fingers started dialing Leo's cell.

"Wyatt here."

"Leo...?"

"Piper?!"

"Leo, is that you?"

"Where are you Piper??"

"I a... I don't know, somewhere in LA, Leo you have to help me... Big Man..."

"Where in LA? Are you in a hotel? Do you know what street? Talk to me Piper..."

"I don't know, it's some house, there's nothing around... Leo I'm scared..."

"Ok, ok, try to calm down... how did you find a way to call me?"

"I sneaked into a room... Leo I can't stay here any longer, they are mad, they are all mad..."

"Try to describe them to me, any names, something..."

"Leo there are cameras, all over the building, your house..."

"I know, what else?"

"A guy, his son, his mane is Mark, he works for you... He is Bit Man's son Leo; he was there this

whole time..."

"What does he look like Piper?"

"Tall, black hair, and Dobbs, she... "

Suddenly she saw the handle of the door being pulled down, and the door was starting to open into the room

"Piper? Keep going..." Leo continued in the phone, but it already fell out of her hands onto the desk when she saw that Junior appeared behind the door.

"No, please..." She mumbled.

"You little bitch!" He exclaimed.

"Wait!"

But he was already coming at her with his hand rising.

"No!"

His steps became faster with every moment.

"NO!"

She tried to step away, but the desk was in her way.

"STOP!"

Junior caught her by the side of her shirt.

"LEO, HELP ME!"

His other hand now rose higher.

"You should have stayed in that damn room." He muttered.

"LEO!!!" She screamed, now louder the ever.

He grabbed the phone from the table, his eyes were burning red.

"I need your help!" She kept screaming to Leo, helpless in the situation.

"LEO..."

But before she could finish, Junior swung the phone and hit the side of her face, and burning pain struck her before she felt herself loosing balance.

She closed her eyes to avoid the floor that was coming at her, but she never reached the floor before her mind went clear as she lost her consciousness.

---OoO---

"There is a guy who hasn't come to work since last Friday, and Piper disappeared on Sunday. He's from the suicide department on the second floor." James said, holding some papers.

"Did she tell you how he looked?" Darryl asked.

"Only that he was tall and black haired." Leo said, taking the files from his brother to look through them.

"Well, that's not much to go on, but I think that's our best bet." James said.

"Let me get this; she said he was Big Man's son?" Agent Lutgin asked.

"Exactly. I still can't believe it. Not to talk about Dobbs, she's been working for us for ten years, when did she cross over?" Leo thought out loud.

"Maybe she was always on the other side." Darryl said.

"Any news from LA?" Leo asked.

"I only sent them half an hour ago; I don't think there's anything yet."

"Ok. You're right."

"Did you talk with her sisters yet?" Another agent asked.

"No." Leo answered, his mind elsewhere.

He could still hear her screaming into his ear for help, but he couldn't.

"Don't call them, no reason to worry them, there isn't much they can do and they are worried as hell as it is." Darryl said.

Suddenly a ring filled the room, and everyone looked at each other.

"It's not mine." James stated.

The agents shook their head, while Darryl was checking his cell but it wasn't his either.

Then Leo realized it was coming from his pants, where he put the cell Big Man left him.

"Hello?" He answered, unsure.

"Greetings my fried." The deep voice from yesterday came.

Big Man.

"Are you going to play your game again?" Leo asked, and the rest of the people with him realized who it was by the expression of their faces.

"It's no games Wyatt. Little Miss Halliwell here decided to play with the phone."

"Don't you dare touch her." Leo warned.

The deep voice chuckled.

"A little late for that, don't you think?"

"You bastard..." Leo's thoughts started rushing like crazy.

"No, not me. It's my son that your little girlfriend here managed to tell you so much about. I don't raise a hand at a woman, but my son is a different kind of a man, if you know what I mean. Now, I would like to remind you, that the sooner the files will get to my hands, the less she will be hurt. Your choice my friend..."

And at that the line went dead.

"We have to give him those files." Leo stated as soon as he put the cell away.

"Leo..." Agent Lutgin started.

"No. We can't risk a human life over this. We don't even know what's on there."

"Which is exactly why we can't just give them away." Another agent said.

"Did you not hear me just now?!" Leo exclaimed, his voice raising.

There was silence after that. Leo could see the hurt and worry on Darryl's face, and took a deep breath in.

He couldn't loose it now.

He had to think, there had to be something he could do.

One thing he knew; he will die himself before he lets Big Man have Piper.