Chapter 4

"You're not going to leave me alone until I help you, are you?" Cole said quietly.

Piper nodded. "When it comes to family I can get very stubborn."

"To reverse it I'll need ingredients that are very hard to come by. Even if I do go back with you I may not be able to help.."

"Whatever you need, we'll find it."

Cole sighed. "Okay, okay."

"The thing is I have no way of getting us back", Piper told him. Cole rolled his eyes. She then added "We were kinda hoping you would have a way. You can shimmer across parallel planes, can't you?"

"I haven't shimmered in eight years, Piper. The ride might get a bit bumpy."

Piper remembered Phoebe hadn't been a big fan of the shimmer. She would always opt to drive even though fuel prices were on the rise.

"It's like every fiber of your skin is being pulled in different directions. All of a sudden an intense sickness washes over you and sinks to the core of your bones. Then when it's done you feel so lightheaded that it's hard not to topple over" Phoebe told Piper though Piper cut her off.

"Okay, I get it, Phoebe," Piper said.

"Demons should be able to orb," Phoebe laughed.

"How intimidating. A demon disappearing in white and blue swirling lights!" Piper laughed.

"Why not?" Phoebe giggled, "Cole wouldn't mind!"

"The hell I wouldn't mind," Cole came approaching behind them. He kissed Phoebe on the cheek. Piper remembered rolling her eyes as they continued kissing.

"Out of the kitchen, children!" she had screeched at them.

"What are you smiling about?" Cole's voice yanked Piper back to the present.

"Nothing, I'm just remembering something."

"I'm gonna tell Emily I'll be leaving for a couple of days," Cole told her. He quickly added "A couple of days only – if I can't help I'm coming straight back to my family."

"Okay, that's fair."

Cole nodded. He exited the room.

"Paige, calm down," Leo told her.

Paige was pacing. She was worried that she was gonna lose both her sisters.

"Piper should be back now because she left hours ago to see my psychopath ex brother-in-law who we – I mean Piper and Phoebe – wouldn't have met if he wasn't sent by an evil demon to kill us!"

Paige took a breath. She knew she wasn't making any sense. "This was a silly idea. Why did we send her, again?"

"Because it's the only way to save Phoebe."

"I'm sure there's another.." Paige forgot what she was saying as she saw a shimmer in the room. A split second later Piper and Cole appeared. Paige's blood ran cold – in theory Paige didn't mind Cole being here because he was here to help but she hated him.

"Piper!" Paige shouted launching herself on her sister. "I was so, so, sooo worried!" She hugged her sister so tightly.

"Do I get a hug, Paige?" Cole asked coolly. Paige just glared.

"I'm going to pretend he isn't here," Paige said withdrawing from the hug. She started pacing again.

"Leo," Cole said acknowledging an old friend.

"Cole," Leo said, nodding.

"How are the kids?" Piper asked, panicked.

"They're fine, Piper," Leo told her. "They're sleeping."

Piper didn't say anything but turned and walked up to her room. Paige glared at Cole but then followed. "Piper!" she shouted after her. She hurried to catch up and then they talked in hush tones as they went upstairs.

Cole gave a sly grin and clapped his hand together slightly. "Why am I here again?"

Leo shrugged. "They don't know how to act around you anymore," Leo said. "It's just awkward."

"More then you will ever know," Cole muttered. He then saw Phoebe, she was on the couch. She looked like she was just sleeping.

Leo saw him looking at her.

"Will it be fairly simple to revive her?" Leo asked.

"I need some special items and ingredients. Shouldn't be too hard once I track them down."

"Easy to track those things down?" Leo asked.

Cole shrugged. "I dunno, this is your world."

"A list of things you need will be a start," Piper said coming back downstairs with a baby in her arms.

"So this is Chris, huh?" Cole said looking at the sleeping child.

Piper smiled. Paige came downstairs as well.

Paige whispered fairly loud "How does he know about Chris?"

"He's evil," Piper said sarcastically and rolled his eyes. "I told Cole about him, silly."

"Oh."

There was all silence except for the silent child for a while.

"Okay," Cole started, wondering whatever convinced him to come back. He somehow – very dumbly – thought he wouldn't be an outsider. He was still an outcast.

"So I'll need about 5 Clandeline gems – 1 of them, the Grequise is fairly simple to get, though some will be harder to acquire."

"We have a Grequise here," Paige said. "We sometimes use it for scrying. What other stones were they?"

"Jerise, Kerye, Lard and Bliuq."

Paige nodded. "I don't think we have those but I know we can get Jerise at a local store." Kerye I have heard of, we might find that somewhere in the city."

"The Lard and Bliuq will be the hardest things to find. Otherwise I just need some standard stuff – Amethyst dust and Creygan candles."

Piper paused for a moment. "That's settled then. Paige, bring Cole to Majicks and try to hunt down all that stuff."

"Aww.. Why me?" Paige complained.

"Your car's blocking mine," Piper told her in a no nonsense tone.

"I'll move it then."

Piper pushed Paige gently forward and pointed at the door. "Now."

Paige trudged to the door and Cole sighed. What a fun trip this was going to be. He followed.

"Why can't we orb?" Cole asked her as the approached her car.

Paige ignored him. She got into the driver's seat. Cole slid in beside her.

"You're trying your luck by being in the same space I am in," she snapped. "Don't talk. We're not friends. I'm putting up with you because I have to."

Yes, what fun this trip was going to be.