A/N: Hey, thanks again for the reviews! Now, if you thought Payton finding out she's pregnant was interesting, just wait! It gets very interesting this chapter; just read the chapter name! Lol. Kay, first I need to thank people for their reviews:

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On the drive home, Payton couldn't stop crying. She was thrilled that she was going to be a mom. But she hadn't planned on this happening for another couple of years or so and, especially, not until after she was married. She wasn't even sure if she would still be with Rick in two or three years. But now?

Now everything was different. First, she had to figure out how to tell everyone. She stopped at a red light and decided that Rick should be the first to know. So instead of going straight and home, she turned right and headed for Rick's house.

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Piper, Phoebe, and Paige sat around the kitchen table, sipping some tea. Leo was still Up There, Pandora and Parker were in the living room watching TV, and Payton still wasn't home; it was already four-o-clock.

"She'll be home soon, don't worry. Payton can take care of herself," Paige said in hopes of reassuring Piper.

Piper shrugged and was about to answer when a loud crash and screams from the living room jolted the three sisters back to reality.

"Pandora?" Phoebe cried, running to the living room.

"Phoenix!" Paige yelled, following Phoebe, Piper in tow.

In the living room, two demons were hovering over the cowering Charmed trainees, fireballs in their hands.

"Fireball!" Paige cried and the fireballs appeared in her hands. She threw them at the demons, but the demons eluded them and instead, the wall was scorched.

Piper tried to freeze the demons but it didn't work. Grinning, one of the demons tossed an energyball at Piper quickly, not giving her a chance to move. It hit her stomach and tossed her backwards. She hit the wall and crumbled to the floor.

"Piper!" Phoebe cried. She took her eyes off the demons for one second and it was one second too long. Before she knew it, a fireball had been thrown her way. The last thing she saw before blacking out was Paige being tossed around like a rag doll.

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Rick had taken the news pretty well and, Payton hoped, so would her family. Dr. Sheera had informed her that she was six weeks pregnant and would start showing soon, so she had to tell her family soon, before they found out the hard way.

She pulled up in front of the manor and got out of her car. Shaking with nervousness, she walked up the lawn, up the steps, and to the front door. She unlocked it and walked in, shutting it gently.

"Anyone home? Mom? Dad? Aunt Phoebe? Pandora? Phoebe? Aunt Paige?" she called.

"Payton! In here!!" Payton heard Pandora shriek from the living room.

Eyes wide with fear, Payton dropped her stuff and ran to the living room, stopping dead in the doorway at the site before her.

The living room was destroyed. Pandora and Phoenix were hurt pretty badly. But worst of all were the three bodies of her mom and aunts, sprawled on the ground, limp and lifeless.

"What happened?" Payton demanded, gritting her teeth as tears sprung into her eyes. She ran to her mom's side and knelt beside her, checking for a pulse even though she knew it was no use. Her mother and aunts were dead.

"Two demons attacked. They came after Phoenix and me. But I-I think that was just a cover and they were really here to attack our parents. We tried calling for your dad but he wouldn't come," Pandora replied, her eyes dry but her face pale.

Phoenix was sitting on the couch, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Have you called the police or the paramedics?" Payton asked nervously, wondering how they would explain this one.

"We called Darryl. We figured, out of everyone else, he would be the most helpful. He was really upset when we told him what had happened, but he promised he'd come with all the right people and he'd put down that we were all at my dad's house. We haven't called him or Uncle Christian yet. We thought we'd wait for you to come home first," Pandora replied.

Payton nodded, now wishing she had told her mom what was wrong and wishing even more that she had come home before going to see Rick. If she had, she would have been home to help her mom and aunts battle the demons and then maybe they'd still be alive.

There was a knock at the front door.

"I'll get it," Payton said, turning and going to the front door. She opened it and found Darryl standing on the other side, his eyes red from crying. He hugged Payton before entering the house.

"I'm so sorry about what happened, Payton," he said softly, walking with her to the living room. Upon entering, he closed his eyes for a moment; unable to look at the bodies of the three women whom he had known for over twenty years and whom he had come to think of as his sisters.

"So, we're supposed to have been at Uncle Jason's house?" Payton asked, not replying to what he had said. Her voice had hardened and her tears had ceased. She was the oldest in the family now and she had to start acting like it.

Darryl nodded. "If I were you, I'd go upstairs and call him now, tell him what's happened so that he'll back that cover story. We can play it off as a break-in, then. The murderer was either a robber who panicked or a close family friend who was only a friend so they could do this."

Payton nodded. "I'll take Phoenix upstairs . . . she doesn't need to be down here and that way the other cops won't think twice about me going upstairs."

Darryl nodded, watching as Payton took Phoenix's hand and walked the youngest Halliwell upstairs and out of site.

Pandora paced the room, biting her lip and shaking her head.

Suddenly, the room was filled with paramedics, cops, and forensics guys, checking the place out, collecting possible evidence, discussing what might have happened, and putting the bodies in body bags.

"I can't take this. I have to go upstairs. Can you please handle this, Darryl?" Pandora asked, tears in her eyes.

Darryl nodded. "Go on."

Quickly, Pandora left the room and ran upstairs to join her sisters. When she went to Phoenix's room, she saw Payton and Phoenix lying on the bed next to each other, hugging. Phoenix was crying and Payton was trying not to cry. Pandora walked over and lay down on the bed with them, embracing them.