TWO

Leo's healing power didn't seem to be having an effect. Piper was still experiencing severe cramps and nausea. She had been awakened in the middle of the night with abdominal pain like she had never experienced before.

"Something's wrong with the baby," she cried through tears. "Leo, we have to do something."

Without hesitation Leo orbed them out of the bedroom. They appeared in another bedroom, the lights all off, a woman asleep in the bed.

"Ana?" cried Leo loudly. "Ana wake up. Piper's in trouble."

The woman came awake and sat up in bed. She looked over at the clock.

"Leo?" she questioned. "Do you know what time it is?"

"Piper's in trouble," cried Leo. "My healing power doesn't seem to be helping. You have to do something."

Just then Piper doubled over from another cramp. She called out in pain loudly. Ana jumped out of the bed and flipped on the light.

"Get her on the bed," she ordered.

Leo picked up Piper and laid her on the bed as Ana got her medical bad from the corner.

"What happened?" asked Ana.

"I don't know," said Leo. "She just woke up screaming in pain. When my healing power didn't work, I didn't know what to do. So I orbed her here."

"Good thing you did," said Ana, dropping her stethoscope. "The baby's in some kind of distress. Is Piper taking any medicine besides what I prescribed for her?"

"Not that I know of," said Leo. "But to be honest, I really have no idea what she's taking."

"Get back to the house and bring me anything she's taken in the last 48 hours," said Ana. "I'll do what I can for her."

Leo orbed out and appeared in their bedroom. Phoebe and Paige were standing in the doorway looking around.

"Leo, what's going on?" asked Paige. "We thought we heard screaming."

"Piper's in trouble," said Leo. "I orbed her to Ana's. I need any medicine she's taken in the last two days"

"She keeps it all in here," said Phoebe, rushing to the bathroom. She swung open the door to the medicine cabinet and pulled out three bottles of prescription pills. "These are all of her prescriptions."

"Bring even the non prescription stuff," said Leo. "Ana seemed to think some kind of medicine might be responsible."

Just then Paige came into the room. She was carrying an empty bag.

"Here," she said. "We can carry them in this."

Phoebe scooped all of the bottles out of the cabinet into the bag. She had no idea what Piper might have taken in the last couple of days, so she took everything. She turned to Leo and Paige.

"Let's go," she said.

Leo orbed them back to Ana's. When they arrived, Piper seemed to be sleeping peacefully on the bed. Ana was looking through a book.

"Here," said Leo, taking the bag from Phoebe, and handing it to the doctor, "here's everything that was in the medicine cabinet. How is she?'

"She's fine now," said Ana. "I gave her a mild sedative to help her sleep. But the crisis is passed."

"What happened?" asked Phoebe.

"She started spotting," said Ana, "It appears to have been in the beginning of a spontaneous abortion."

"A what?" Leo asked.

"Spontaneous abortion," repeated Ana. "It happens sometimes. The woman's body will abort the pregnancy. It's passed now, thank goodness. But I have to find the cause so we can prevent another episode."

"So you were able to stop it?" asked Phoebe.

"I wish I could take the credit for it," said Ana. "The truth is the baby stopped it. That's one powerful child you're going to have there Leo."

"So we keep finding out," said Leo.

"Piper is fine for the moment," said Ana. "But I need to find out what caused it. Until I do, she's in danger of it happening again. And next time we might not be so fortunate."