Wyatt orbed to his right-hand demon's lair. "Have you caught him?" he asked. Aaron nodded. "Yes sir!" he said, stepping aside to reveal Brandon chained to the stone wall. Wyatt approached, an evil smile on his face. "So, you're the one who got too curious about matters that are none of your concern." he said. "You do realize that you've put your friend Stella in grave danger by telling her about my guest, as well as yourself." He fired up an energy ball and looked at Brandon. "Any last words?" he asked. Brandon stared right into Wyatt's eyes. "Not all demons want you to rule us. I did what I thought was right! Stella will be fine, she's smart! She won't be taken off guard!" he said. Wyatt laughed. "Your little witch friend is no match for me, I will destroy her, but first to take care of you!" He threw the energy ball at Brandon, enjoying the sight of him exploding into dust. He turned to Aaron and asked, "Do you know where she lives or works?" Aaron gave Wyatt a slip of paper with an address, which he read. "Excellent! Let's go pay this Stella a visit, convince her that it's in her best interests to let this case go unsolved."
Stella walked back into her office and sat down with a sigh. She had spent all day trying to track down the mystery woman with not much success. The only new lead she had was that Chris had called her about the new dream he'd had. She could narrow down the location based on Chris's description to three areas of the Underworld, but they were far apart. "Well, looks like I'll be doing some searching in the morning." she said out loud. "Maybe not!" a strong masculine voice spoke behind her, making her jump. She spun around and saw a tall muscular man with curly blond hair. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" she asked. "My name is Wyatt, and I'm here to tell you that you're making a grave mistake in taking this case on for my brother. You see, I have my own reasons for wanting the woman in question to remain hidden, and if Chris finds her, then I'll have to kill both of them, and I really don't want to do that. I'll give you one chance, let it go and I won't harm you." Stella said, "I can't do that, I promised Chris I'd help him! What gives you the right to imprison innocent people anyway? Now leave, I've got work to do!"
Wyatt was impressed with Stella. She was bold and stood up to him, she didn't act afraid of him. "For your information, the woman's hardly innocent. She betrayed me, made plans to stop me from gaining power, along with my brother. He doesn't remember, thanks to a sorceror I know who took those memories from him, but apparently Bia...she's able to reach him in his dreams, so I had to lock her away. It's too bad you wouldn't let this drop, but I can't let you report back to Chris." He raised his hand and started to strangle her, lifting her into the air at the same time. Stella fought the hold he had on her, but she couldn't breathe. She conjured a knife and threw it at him, but he raised his shield, preventing it from reaching him. "That's a bad girl!" he scolded her, tightening his grip.
Chris walked down the hallway to Stella's office. He wanted to surprise her and take her to P3 after dinner. He opened her office door and was shocked by what he saw. "Wyatt, let her go!" he yelled, throwing him across the room and into the wall. Wyatt lost his grip on Stella and she fell to the floor, gasping for air. Chris ran over to her and put his arm around her. "Are you okay?" he asked, keeping an eye on Wyatt. Stella nodded, unable to speak yet. Wyatt in the meantime had orbed out after getting up off the floor. Chris stroked Stella's cheek and sat her down in her chair, kneeling in front of her. "I'm so sorry, if it wasen't for me he wouldn't have hurt you!" Stella said, "No Chris, I wanted to do this! I'm not afraid of him!" She reached out and brushed the dark brown hair out of his eyes, not wanting him to leave her side. Chris pulled her closer and kissed her softly, wrapping his arms around her.
Stella kissed him back, happy to be in his arms. Finally she pulled away. "I have news, I've narrowed down the possible locations where your mystery woman could be. Wyatt also said that he got a sorceror to take certain memories about this woman away from you, and he slipped up! He started to say her name! It begins with Bia, does that sound familar?"
Chris thought for a minute. "No, it doesn't ring any bells, but if someone did tamper with my memory, then I wouldn't remember her. Stella, I don't think you're safe here. Wyatt won't leave you alone, he'll wait for another opportunity to attack! I think you should move into the manor until we can solve this case!" Stella agreed. "Let me transfer my files first so I can keep them with me." She downloaded the case information onto a floppy disk then said a spell to protect her office from evil. "Just in case Wyatt tries to steal anything from me." she said with a smile.
"I'm ready to go!" she said, taking Chris's hand. They orbed to the manor where they explained the situation to Piper, Phoebe and Paige, then set Stella up in the attic. "How about dinner?" Chris asked. Stella smiled and nodded, so he orbed her to the kitchen where Piper had fixed dinner. They sat and talked about everything, then Chris took her to P3 where they danced and talked some more.
Chris realized he was falling in love with Stella and he wanted to keep her safe. He held her close and whispered, "I promise I will protect you!" Stella gazed into his eyes and said, "I know you will!"