AN: Ok, first I'll thank everyone that reviewed, I'm glad you're enjoying! (BTW, there were less reviews this chapter then the others... please don't forget to leave a review peeps!) Though there were a few of you who asked questions so I'll answer;
Charmed-aussie: Ok, first, sorry for lack of fluff, its kind of hard to squeeze it in with all that's going on in the story... And about how Leo reacted; Look, he is human too, you can't expect him to get all sensitive and understanding if he is told he is going to be a father. It's hard to comprehend, and I did show that he felt sorry for the way he reacted the previous day. Also, he had to leave her. He had to go squeeze information form Junior, and trusted all the policemen to keep her safe, which is what their job was. Now, about the cameras and microphones; I think I've mentioned it in the fic, but they usually are off, but Big Man found a way to channel them to where he was, I'm sure there are many ways to do it. The police or Leo didn't necessarily thought of it, they probably didn't tell the hotel people why were they there, so they might not even know there are cameras in the room. There really are thousand of answers I could come up for that one. But I'll stop rambling now, and hope my little speech made sense. I hope you like this chapter!
Oh, and Muse-of-the-ferries, sorry if I got you wrong, but I guess I just kinda assumed you didn't like the chapter as a whole. About the way they talked... some people stay 16, especially ones like Big Man, but the reason he was talking the way he was is because he was mad and furious or however you wanna call it.
Anyway, I'll stop rambling now and let you guys read the next chapter.
Oh, and only one more thing; You might want to consider reading some of this chapter slowly, cause I have a feeling it is going to be a little hard to comprehend. But that's just a suggestion. Now sit back and relax, cause this chapter is sure going to surprise some of you.
Chapter 31
OoO Four Down, One Left Standing OoO
"You fool. I told you not to grab TOO much attention, and you go and shoot two cops?" A deep voice said.
"She was loud." Another voice muttered.
"I hope for your sake that no one saw you running out of the hotel." The deep voice spoke again, but Piper didn't hear the rest of what he said.
She struggled to open her eyes, and tried to take in her surroundings.
She was on the floor, her back against the wall. But surprisingly she wasn't tied or forced to be down on the floor, but she could hardly remember how she got there.
The last thing she knew she was trying to stay awake, and the shots fired at the policemen... Then she realized who the deep voice belonged to.
Looking up, she saw Big Man and the guard who choked her.
"As long as you got that disk Snidecor. Damn, I'd love to see Leo's face when he sees that it's gone. I'm actually disappointed in him, he underestimated me. Well, now he has to suffer the consciousness."
Piper looked away from the two men to look at the room she was in.
The floor and walls were silver clean, and there was a big desk in the middle of the room. It was obviously someone's office. One of the walls was all windows, revealing an exclusive view on the San Francisco downtown.
She still felt like something was squeezing her neck, and felt her chest going up and down spontaneously as she took deep breaths, trying to calm her nerves.
That was when the two men noticed that she wasn't unconscious anymore.
"Well well well." He said, and turned back to Snidecor.
"I want you to make copies of the disk and get them out of here. Leave me the original." Big Man instructed, and the other man left the office.
Piper looked with disgust as William Wyatt pulled up a chair from the desk and rolled it until it was right in front of Piper, then set down on it.
Piper pulled her knees up to her chest, but never took her eyes off Big Man, who took out a cigar and started smoking.
"And we meet again, Mrs. MacMartin. What a pleasure." He said.
Piper winced at the sound of her old name.
"It's hardly a pleasure." She muttered.
"You have no idea." He said, and the smile on his face was wiped off.
Oh, this isn't good... Piper thought.
"You know, it's amazing. I didn't think anyone would be able to interfere with my prefect plans more then your miserable husband, Luke, did."
"Fuck you."
"But here you are, destroying the relationships I had with all THREE of my sons. And let me tell you something; I don't like people messing with my personal life." He continued, ignoring any comments from her.
Piper wanted to get up and run, but knew that even if she did she wouldn't be able to run far.
"And I love the little trick you are pulling on my son. You know, I think heard that sentence... what was it? oh yea; 'I'm Pregnant', from about seven women. Never stopped me you know. Besides, my son hasn't got that much money, and even if he does he won't give it to you." He said.
"I am not after his money." Piper whispered.
"None of the women that pulled that one on me has got a penny from me."
Piper just let out a shaky breath, feeling she could do just about nothing with the situation.
"So don't you be expecting too much. God you are lame." He continued.
"I am lame? Look at yourself. You brought me here for revenge didn't you? So cut your crap. These little speeches are getting old." She hissed at him.
She saw him hesitate for a moment, but his hand reached forward to grab her neck, and again Piper found herself struggling for breath against a wall.
And he laughed.
"Damn, you are naive Mrs. MacMartin. If I wanted revenge, you would have been six feet under long ago. You are just a distraction. I knew all your little 'guards' will run for your rescue. Of course, I didn't intend to shoot any of them, it's not my style. I only kill when necessary. And let me tell you this; you were a great destruction. A copy of the files that Leo kept in your hotel room was in my hands in no time."
His hand was still on her throat, but she the storm starting outside was still audible to her.
After she gasped a few more times, and was sure she wasn't going to be able to hold on for long, he finally let go of her.
As she fell back to the floor she put a hand on her swollen neck and looked down to her feet, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
---OoO---
Leo wasn't surprised when he found their hotel room completely torn upside down.
The disk with the files was naturally not there.
"It's not your fault Leo." Darryl told him from behind.
"The hell it isn't. Both Piper and the files are gone because of me, damn it."
"Leo..."
"I told her it would be ok, that nothing will happen to her. I promised her she was safe." He said, remembering as he told her that.
As he talked, two hysterical sisters ran through all the policemen in the entrance of the hotel room.
"Leo! Oh god please tell us it's not true..." Phoebe pled.
Leo just stared at her, looking for words. He had nothing to say to wipe their tears away.
"Damn you Leo!" Prue screamed, and turned around in frustration, her hand on her mouth, phasing form leg to leg.
Phoebe covered her face with her hands, and her shoulders started shaking.
Darryl took a step forward and pulled the younger one into a hug.
"It's ok, we'll find her." Darryl tried.
Prue then turned around back to face Leo, her face red and her eyes furious.
"Did she tell you? Ha? Well? Did she?" She demanded.
"Prue, it's not his fault..." Phoebe mumbled from Darryl's shirt.
"She told me." Leo cracked. How could he have been so ignorant? He felt like a piece of shit.
"And you just left?!" Prue continued.
"Prue, he went to get information out of our prisoners..." Darryl tried to defend Leo.
"You know, I saw hope in her eyes, and that's something I didn't see there for years. She believed that baby would survive, how the hell could you walk out of that door with clear consciousness?"
"Wait, wait, why WOULDN'T the baby survive?" Leo asked, suddenly realizing how much he cared.
He CARED.
HE cared.
He fucking cared.
"The doctor said she doesn't have much chance. She said it was a miscarriage almost for sure." Phoebe muffled voice said.
Darryl just looked at the scene in front of him.
"Damn it." Leo whispered to himself, and had to turn around.
It took him a little over twenty seconds to get himself back together, and when he turned back he already had a plan.
"Darryl. I want you to send your people and alert the FBI to look at the building around us. Check every fucking room. He can't be far. I know my father, I know his tricks. He is somewhere around. Those cameras he channeled from this room couldn't have channeled far. He is in the area, and he thinks he is smart. We would never think of looking around here, he is sure we already have people searching all over LA." Leo instructed, already pulling his jacket on.
"Where are you going?" Darryl asked right before Leo walked out of the room.
"To the BM offices. It's not far from here, and he might very well be in one of the buildings around. I'll grab some policemen from downstairs to back me up, but we'll be in contact." Leo continued.
"Wait! I'm coming with you." Darryl said.
Leo waited as Darryl said a few words to the sisters who nodded back, then grabbed his gun that was on the desk next to them and ran out after Leo.
Leo, Darryl, and six of his men stopped the two SUVs they were driving a few blocks away from what used to be the BM offices until a few weeks ago.
They ran the rest of the way, and decided to spread out.
Leo and Darryl went together, and divided the others into three groups of two.
And so, they started the search.
---OoO---
Piper felt the cold blood run down her cheek, some into her mouth and the rest dripping onto her shirt.
She was panting heavily, and now nearly not hearing at all any of what William Wyatt was saying.
In the past hour she started realizing who Big Man really was.
He was furious, not only at her. He was a furious father and she went and told his sons about the crook he was, and now she could see he wasn't proud.
He was taking out all his battled up anger at her by smashing her head into the wall, and she just wished he would stop.
She blacked out a few times during the process, but she was still conscious about what was going on.
Then she heard another voice, and looked up to see who that was.
At first her vision was too blurred out to decide, but when she heard the male voice say 'dad', Piper knew it was Junior.
She couldn't remember if the last she knew Junior was sitting in jail, but she knew that now he was there, and thankfully distracting his father.
"What? You FUCKING BASTARD!! You led them here!" William screamed at his son, and then Piper realized why.
Two men ran through the open door of the room, both with their guns up and ready.
She pulled herself up as quickly as she could, supporting herself on the wall behind her.
The two men on her left, about ten feet away form her, were Leo and Darryl, she could tell for sure now, and they both were pointing their guns somewhere to her right.
She turned her head to see both Big Man and Junior, terror in their eyes.
Big Man had his own gun pointing right at her, while junior had his aiming at either Leo or Darryl, Piper couldn't tell.
"You make a move and I shoot!" William warned his eldest son.
Leo cursed in response, and held his gun higher.
"Put your fucking guns down!" Darryl cried, but Big Man's eyes were still focused on her.
At first, she didn't realize what happened.
Everything happened so fast that she couldn't keep up.
She heard four shots fire through the air almost in unison, with less then half a second in-between them.
She saw Big Man collapse backwards, and a second after him came down Junior.
It took her another moment to realize that she herself has fallen to the ground, and suddenly was aware of the horrible pain in her right upper chest.
She winced in pain, but turned her head left, expecting to see Leo and Darryl with their guns out, but what she saw made her cry even harder.
Leo was on the ground, and she could see the strain of blood on his white shirt.
Darryl was the only man standing in the room.
The last thing she saw was him running towards her, but even before he reached her it all went black.
AN: The end.
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But now seriously, next chapter will be the last, and I'm sure you have millions of questions, like; Wait, what just happened? Who will actually survive? Well, you'll have to wait and see, I promise many things that might have confused you will be cleared up.